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. |