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To set up Rserve authentication so that only authorized users of Aqua Data Studio are allowed to connect with Rserve, you need to create an Rserve password file with the list of username/password entries and configure the Rserve authentication file (Rserv.conf). Provide the username/password entry in the Rserve connection window in Visual Analytics to connect with Rserve.
AUTHENTICATION STEPS
1. Create a password file that contains list of username and passwords, to connect to Rserve.
2. On the Rserve side, set the below parameters in the /etc/Rserv.conf file. See the screenshot of a sample file below.
auth required
plaintext disable
pwdfile <password filepath>
3. Restart Rserve
4. On the Visual Analytics Rserve connection window, select connect as 'Password authentication' from the drop down and store the username and password for connecting to Rserve, which you have specified in. 
CUSTOMIZING RSERVE CONFIGURATIONS
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