# BasicAuthenticationType (Complex Type)

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

Configuration of a username/password based authentication.

Item Summary
Name | Type | Multiplicity | Description
--- | --- | --- | ---
username | property string | [0,1] | How to authenticate to the mail server.
password | property ProtectedStringType | [0,1] | How to authenticate to the mail server.

- ### Items

  - #### username

    Flags: RAM,runtime

    Multiplicity: [0,1]

    Display order:

    How to authenticate to the mail server.

  - #### password

    Flags: RAM,runtime

    Multiplicity: [0,1]

    Display order:

    How to authenticate to the mail server.