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{!admin-only.md!} {!admin-only.md!}
You can configure your organization settings to allow users to authenticate By default, Zulip allows logging in via email/password, your Google account,
themselves using passwords, Google/GitHub OAuth, LDAP (currently on premises or your GitHub account. You can restrict users to logging in via only a
only), and/or various other SSO methods (also currently on premises only). subset of these methods.
!!! tip "" LDAP and other SSO login methods are currently restricted to self-hosted
If you are unsure about what these mean, don't worry! Zulip Zulips only, though contact us at support@zulipchat.com if that is a
allows logging in via email and password by default. blocker.
**Note:** If you are running your own server,
[read this](https://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/production/authentication-methods.html)
first. Server configuration is needed for several of the authentication
methods listed above.
{settings_tab|auth-methods} {settings_tab|auth-methods}
2. Toggle the checkboxes next to the following options to configure your organization's authentication methods: 2. Toggle the checkboxes next to the available login options.
* **Email** - Use an email and password created on Zulip to log in.
* **GitHub** - Use [GitHub](https://github.com/) accounts to log in.
* **Google** - Use [Google](https://google.com/) accounts to log in.
* **LDAP** - Use a [LDAP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightweight_Directory_Access_Protocol)
username and password to log in.
* **RemoteUser** - Use a [Single-Sign-On](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_sign-on)
system to log in.
!!! tip ""
Not all methods will show up by default. To enable more methods,
modify the `AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS` list in the
`/etc/zulip/settings.py` file.
{!save-changes.md!} {!save-changes.md!}
## Related articles
* [Configuring authentication methods](https://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/production/authentication-methods.html)
for server administrators (self-hosted only)