Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Administrator's Configuration File Reference

auth

The auth element configures WebDAV Access Control Protocol authentication. This element may appear zero or one time within the dav element and zero or one time within the dav-collection element. For more information, see dav and dav-collection.

Subelements

The auth element can contain the following subelements:

Table 3–5 List of auth Subelements

Element 

Occurrences 

Description 

auth-db-name

0 or 1 

The ACL authentication database to use. The value is the name from an auth-db element. The default value is the value of the default-auth-db-name element. For more information, see auth-db.

method

0 or 1 

The authentication method to use. The value can be basic, digest, or ssl. The default value is basic.

prompt

0 or 1 

The prompt that is displayed to clients when they request authentication. The default prompt is Sun Java System Web Server WebDAV.

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