Java Authentication and Authorization

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Can anyone comment on this scenario belong to authentication or authorization

Authentication : User is logging with username & password - called authentication.

Authorization : User has some role - called authorization.

If I have only username and user Id and want to check from DB what it called ? Authorization or Authentication ?

Could anyone comment on this ?

Thanks

from database point of view a valid user has authorization to access data and Authentication is a feature to validate a user using some unique data — Pavneet_Singh
– Pavneet_Singh, Commented Sep 30, 2016 at 11:35
Thanks . but if I dont have password & want to check the username and userid is present in DB or not - what will be this case. is it the authentication or authorization ?? — ashishl
– ashishl, Commented Sep 30, 2016 at 11:38
neither , it's called verification (assuming are a admin or something ) and your question is has no coding problem it's more like tech grammar so SO community may not like this — Pavneet_Singh
– Pavneet_Singh, Commented Sep 30, 2016 at 11:40

Niklas P · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-30 11:45:44Z

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Authentication is the check if someone is the person he/she says he/she is (e.g. by asking for a password). Authorization is the check if someone has the right to do something.

So in your case that database isn't able to check authentication. If the information about what the user is allowed to do can be extracted from the data within the database then this'd be authorization.

answered Sep 30, 2016 at 11:45

Niklas P

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