# Authentication

PocketBlocks provides a huge list of authentication options. If you can use it in [Pocketbase](https://pocketbase.io/), you can use it in PocketBlocks.

## Enable Authentication Options

By default authentication with username and email is enable.

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To allow users to authenticate with **OAuth providers**, go to the Pocketbase Admin Panel, **Settings** in the side menu, select **Auth providers**, and configure some of the options available.

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## Signup

By default, anyone can sign up. To disable the signup page (and feature), create a rule with restrictions.

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## Customization

You can customize some aspects of the authentication page. Go to **PocketBlocks Settings** Page then go to **Authentication**:

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You can change the username input label and apply a mask by selecting the **Local** login type option:

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You also can change the name of an OAuth provider and its icon by selecting the respective login type option:

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## Email Features

To enable password recovery and email verification/change, you need to configure a **SMTP Server** in PocketBase Admin Panel:

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