Purpose

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 | encryptPassword

Behavior

If set to kerberos, the driver uses Kerberos authentication. The driver ignores any user ID or password that is specified. If you set this value, you also must set the ServicePrincipalName property.

If set to userIdPassword, the driver negotiates a secure login with the database server by sending an encrypted password. The password is encrypted using Sybase Extended Password Encryption, Sybase Extended Plus Encrypted Password, or Sybase proprietary encryption, depending on the response by the server. Note that the proprietary Sybase password must contain characters from the 7-bit ASCII set.

If set to encryptPassword, the driver negotiates a secure login with the database server by sending an encrypted user password. This encrypted password is a proprietary Sybase password and must contain characters from the 7-bit ASCII set.

Notes

  • The User property provides the user ID. The Password property provides the password.

Default

userIdPassword

Data Type

String

See also

Authentication