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Specifies a service's credentials based on user name and password.
<system.serviceModel>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior> of <serviceBehaviors>
<serviceCredentials> Element
<userNameAuthentication>
<userNameAuthentication
cacheLogonTokenLifetime="TimeSpan"
cacheLogonTokens="Boolean"
customUserNamePasswordValidatorType="String"
includeWindowsGroups="Boolean"
maxCacheLogonTokens="Integer"
membershipProviderName="String"
userNamePasswordValidationMode="Windows/MembershipProvider/Custom" />
Attributes and Elements
The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.
Attributes
| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
cacheLogonTokenLifetime |
A Timespan that specifies the maximum length of time a token is cached. The default is 00:15:00. |
cacheLogonTokens |
A Boolean value that specifies whether logon tokens are cached. The default is false. |
customUserNamePasswordValidatorType |
A string that specifies the type of custom username password validator to be used. The default is an empty string. |
includeWindowsGroups |
A Boolean value that specifies whether Windows groups are included in the security context. The default is true. Setting this attribute to true has a performance impact as it results in a full-group expansion. Set this property to false if you do not need to establish the list of groups a user belongs to. |
maxCacheLogonTokens |
An integer that specifies the maximum number of logon tokens to cache. This value should be larger than zero. The default is 128. |
membershipProviderName |
When the clientCredentialType attribute of a binding is set to username, the username is mapped to Windows accounts. You can override this behavior using this attribute, which is a string that contains the name of the MembershipProvider value that provides the relevant password validation mechanism. |
userNamePasswordValidationMode |
Specifies the manner in which username password is validated. Valid values are:
The default is Windows. This attribute is of type UserNamePasswordValidationMode. |
Child Elements
None.
Parent Elements
| Element | Description |
|---|---|
Specifies the credential to be used in authenticating the service, and the client credential validation related settings. |
See Also
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