X e ro x 4 5 95 Co p ie r/ P rin t er S y s te m Ad m i ni s t rat i on G ui d e7-27. A u th e nt i c at i on & A ud i tro n A d mi n i s tra ti o nTypes of AuthenticationTwo types of authentication are used by the machine dependingon where user information is stored:Direct Authentication Direct Authentication uses the user information stored in themachine to manage authentication.Network Authentication Network Authentication uses the user information from a remoteaccount server to manage authentication.User information on a remote account server is sent to, and storedin the machine. When the user information on the server ischanged, that information must be sent from the server to updatethe machine.Network authentication allows a number of machines to use userinformation managed centrally.External accounting services supported by the machine includeCentreWare.Remote Authentication Verifies remote accounting server. Can be used to manage userinformation managed on the remote accounting server. Userinformation cannot be registered on the machine.KEY POINT: Set the user ID for the remote authentication serverwith less than 32 characters.Features controlled by AuthenticationThis section describes features of the machine controlled by usingthe Authentication feature.The features controlled depend on the way in which of the twoways the machine is used:• Local access• Remote accessFor information about mailbox and job flow sheet control when theAuthentication feature is enabled, refer to “Authentication: JobFlow Sheet & Mailbox” on page 7-4.
