Enabling Basic Authentication

FileCloud supports enabling basic authentication for users through a policy setting.

To enable basic authentication:

1. Add the setting for basic configuration to cloudconfig.php:
   
   1. Open cloudconfig.php.
      • Windows Location : C:\xampp\htdocs\config\cloudconfig.php
      • Linux Location : /var/www/html/config/cloudconfig.php

   2. Add the following and save:
      

      define("TONIDOCLOUD_ENABLE_BASIC_AUTHENTICATION",1);

2. In the FileCloud admin portal's left navigation bar, scroll down and click Settings. Then, on the Settings navigation page, click Policies .
   The Policies settings page opens.
3. Click the Edit icon in the row for the users' policy.
   
   The Policy Settings dialog box opens.
4. Scroll to the bottom of the policy's General tab.
5. Set Enable Basic Authentication to enabled.
   
6. Click Save.
7. To enable specific users to use basic authentication, assign the policy to them.