Determines which authentication method the driver uses when establishing a connection. If the specified authentication method is not supported by the database server, the connection fails and the driver throws an exception.
Valid Values
kerberos | userIdPassword | none
Behavior
If set to kerberos, the driver uses Kerberos authentication. In addition, the driver automatically detects and abides by the server's SASL-QOP configuration at connection time. The driver ignores any user ID or password that is specified.
If set to userIdPassword, the driver uses user ID/password authentication. If a user ID and password is not specified, the driver throws an exception.
If set to none, the driver does not attempt to verify the user ID and password. When a packet is passed to the server, a value of Anonymous is specified for the user ID and password. This setting is used when the server is not configured to authenticate user logon information.
Notes
The User property provides the user ID. The Password property provides the password.
When Kerberos authentication is enabled, the driver automatically detects and abides by the server's SASL-QOP configuration at connection time.
The User property provides the user ID. The Password property provides the password.