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

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 ServicePrincipalName property must be specified. 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.

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.
  • When Kerberos authentication is enabled, the ServicePrincipalName connection property must be specified.

Default

userIdPassword

Data Type

String

See also