The scheme used for authentication. Accepted entries are None, and Negotiate (Kerberos). None is the default.

Possible Values

Data Type

string

Default Value

"Basic"

Remarks

This field is used to authenticate against the server. Use the following options to select your authentication scheme:

• None: No authentication is performed.
• Basic: Basic authentication is performed. Properties User and Password need to be set to perform Basic authentication.
• Negotiate: If AuthScheme is set to Negotiate, the driver will negotiate an authentication mechanism with the server. Set AuthScheme to Negotiate if you want to use Kerberos authentication.
• AzureHDInsight: If AuthScheme is set to AzureHDInsight, the driver will connect to Azure HDInsight. Properties User, Password, and ClusterName need to be set for this to work.