diff --git a/striker-ui-api/src/passport.ts b/striker-ui-api/src/passport.ts
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+import passport from 'passport';
+import { Strategy as LocalStrategy } from 'passport-local';
+
+import { dbQuery, sub } from './lib/accessModule';
+import { stdout } from './lib/shell';
+
+passport.use(
+  'login',
+  new LocalStrategy((username, password, done) => {
+    stdout(`Attempting passport local strategy [login] for user [${username}]`);
+
+    let rows: [
+      userUuid: string,
+      userName: string,
+      userPasswordHash: string,
+      userSalt: string,
+      userAlgorithm: string,
+      userHashCount: string,
+    ][];
+
+    try {
+      rows = dbQuery(
+        `SELECT
+          user_uuid,
+          user_name,
+          user_password_hash,
+          user_salt,
+          user_algorithm,
+          user_hash_count
+        FROM users
+        WHERE user_algorithm != 'DELETED'
+          AND user_name = '${username}'
+        LIMIT 1;`,
+      ).stdout;
+    } catch (queryError) {
+      return done(queryError);
+    }
+
+    if (!rows.length) {
+      return done(null, false);
+    }
+
+    const {
+      0: [userUuid, , userPasswordHash, userSalt, userAlgorithm, userHashCount],
+    } = rows;
+
+    let encryptResult: {
+      user_password_hash: string;
+      user_salt: string;
+      user_hash_count: number;
+      user_algorithm: string;
+    };
+
+    try {
+      encryptResult = sub('encrypt_password', {
+        subModuleName: 'Account',
+        subParams: {
+          algorithm: userAlgorithm,
+          hash_count: userHashCount,
+          password,
+          salt: userSalt,
+        },
+      }).stdout;
+    } catch (subError) {
+      return done(subError);
+    }
+
+    const { user_password_hash: inputPasswordHash } = encryptResult;
+
+    if (inputPasswordHash !== userPasswordHash) {
+      return done(null, false);
+    }
+
+    const user: User = {
+      name: username,
+      uuid: userUuid,
+    };
+
+    return done(null, user);
+  }),
+);
+
+export default passport;
diff --git a/striker-ui-api/src/types/User.d.ts b/striker-ui-api/src/types/User.d.ts
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+interface User extends Express.User {
+  name: string;
+  uuid: string;
+}