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

set-basic-auth

The set-basic-auth function sets the HTTP basic authentication credentials used by the server when it sends an HTTP request. Use set-basic-auth to authenticate to a remote origin server or proxy server.

Parameters

The following table describes parameters for the set-basic-auth function.

Table 7–61 set-basic-auth Parameters

Parameter 

Description 

user

Name of the user to authenticate. 

password

Password of the user to authenticate. 

hdr

(Optional) Name of the HTTP request header used to communicate the credentials. 

bucket

(Optional) Common to all obj.conf functions. Adds a bucket to monitor performance. For more information, see The bucket Parameter.

Example

ObjectType fn="set-basic-auth"
           user="admin"
           password="secret"
           hdr="proxy-authorization"

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