Sun Java System Application Server Platform Edition 8.1 2005Q2 Update 2 Developer's Guide

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## auth-method

Specifies the authentication method.

If the parent element is as-context, the only supported value is `USERNAME_PASSWORD`.

If the parent element is login-config, specifies the authentication mechanism for the web service endpoint. As a prerequisite to gaining access to any web resources protected by an authorization constraint, a user must be authenticated using the configured mechanism.

### Superelements

login-config (`sun-web.xml`), as-context (`sun-ejb-jar.xml`)

### Subelements

none - contains data

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