diff --git a/cookbook/security/custom_provider.rst b/cookbook/security/custom_provider.rst index 9d16da52f80..1d2eb2c7780 100644 --- a/cookbook/security/custom_provider.rst +++ b/cookbook/security/custom_provider.rst @@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ When a user submits a username and password, the authentication layer asks the configured user provider to return a user object for a given username. Symfony then checks whether the password of this user is correct and generates a security token so the user stays authenticated during the current session. -Out of the box, Symfony has an "in_memory" and an "entity" user provider. +Out of the box, Symfony has four user providers: ``in_memory``, ``entity``, +``ldap`` and ``chain``. In this entry you'll see how you can create your own user provider, which could be useful if your users are accessed via a custom database, a file, or - as shown in this example - a web service.