👌 IMPROVE: user_external -> point to up to date documentation

Signed-off-by: Jonas Sulzer <jonas@violoncello.ch>
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User authentication with IMAP, SMB, and FTP
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User authentication with IMAP, SMB, FTP and others
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You may configure additional user backends
in Nextcloud's configuration :file:`config/config.php` using the following
syntax:
You may configure additional user backends with the
External User Backends (user_external) app.
::
"user_backends" => [
[
"class" => ...,
"arguments" => [
...
],
],
],
.. note:: A non-blocking or correctly configured SELinux setup is needed
for these backends to work. Please refer to the :ref:`selinux-config-label`.
Currently the “External user support” (user_external) app, which you need to
enable first (See :doc:`../apps_management`)
provides the following user backends:
IMAP
----
Provides authentication against IMAP servers
- **Class:** OC_User_IMAP
- **Arguments:** a mailbox string as defined `in the PHP documentation <http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.imap-open.php>`_
- **Dependency:** php-imap (See :doc:`../installation/source_installation`)
- **Example:**
::
"user_backends" => [
[
"class" => "OC_User_IMAP",
"arguments" => [
'{imap.gmail.com:993/imap/ssl}'
],
],
],
SMB
---
Provides authentication against Samba servers
- **Class:** OC_User_SMB
- **Arguments:** the samba server to authenticate against
- **Dependency:** PHP smbclient module or smbclient (see
:doc:`../configuration_files/external_storage/smb`)
- **Example:**
::
"user_backends" => [
[
"class" => "OC_User_SMB",
"arguments" => [
'localhost'
],
],
],
FTP
---
Provides authentication against FTP servers
- **Class:** OC_User_FTP
- **Arguments:** the FTP server to authenticate against
- **Dependency:** php-ftp (See :doc:`../installation/source_installation`)
- **Example:**
::
"user_backends" => [
[
"class" => "OC_User_FTP",
"arguments" => [
'localhost'
],
],
],
See https://github.com/nextcloud/user_external#readme
for an up to date documentation.