User manual

Chapter 7
System preference
System
Description
Default
Instructions
preferences
value
tab
opacuserlogin
OPAC
Whether to
On
If you turn
allow user
this on, you
login in the
will need to
OPAC
shoulder the
burden of
administering
user names
and passwords.
Initial
passwords
will have to be
distributed in a
secure manner.
You might
get ongoing
password reset
requests.
OpacPasswordChange OPAC
Whether to On
Set to Off if
allow patrons
you use LDAP
to change their
authentication.
passwords on
In this case
the OPAC
passwords are
not maintained
in Koha, but
on the LDAP
database.
OpacRenewalAllowed OPAC Whether
Off Some of the
to allow
scenarios where
renewals via
you might want
the OPAC this turned
off are, if you
maintain hold
requests outside
of Koha. If you
allow online
renewals, the
system will
allow renewals
even on items
where there are
pending hold
requests.
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