# AbstractCredentialAuthenticationModuleType (Complex Type)

### Namespace: http://midpoint.evolveum.com/xml/ns/public/common/common-3

ABSTRACT
Supertype: AbstractAuthenticationModuleType

Common definition for all authentication modules that use password.

This is an authentication module setting. It controls how credentials are used for authentication. It does not control how credentials are set (stored), e.g. it does NOT control password policy. Credential policy setting is supposed to do that. E.g. acceptEmptyPassword setting in this data type controls whether empty password can be used for authentication. It does not control whether empty password can be set or whether existing password can be removed.

Item Summary
Name | Type | Multiplicity | Description
--- | --- | --- | ---
name | property string | [1,1] |
description | property string | [0,1] |
credentialName | property string | [0,1] |

- ### Items

  - #### name

    Flags: RAM,runtime

    Multiplicity: [1,1]

  - #### description

    Flags: RAM,runtime

    Multiplicity: [0,1]

  - #### credentialName

    Flags: RAM,runtime

    Multiplicity: [0,1]