diff --git a/config.inc.php3 b/config.inc.php3
index 9480e1349..d6633cc36 100755
--- a/config.inc.php3
+++ b/config.inc.php3
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ $cfgServers[1]['socket']        = '';          // Path to the socket - leave bla
 $cfgServers[1]['connect_type']  = 'tcp';       // How to connect to MySQL server ('tcp' or 'socket')
 $cfgServers[1]['stduser']       = '';          // MySQL standard user settings (this user must have read-only
 $cfgServers[1]['stdpass']       = '';          //   access to the "mysql/user" and "mysql/db" tables)
-$cfgServers[1]['auth_type']     = 'basic';     // Authentication method (basic, http or cookie based)?
+$cfgServers[1]['auth_type']     = 'config';     // Authentication method (config, http or cookie based)?
 $cfgServers[1]['user']          = 'root';      // MySQL user
-$cfgServers[1]['password']      = '';          // MySQL password (only needed with basic auth)
+$cfgServers[1]['password']      = '';          // MySQL password (only needed with 'config' auth)
 $cfgServers[1]['only_db']       = '';          // If set to a db-name, only this db is displayed at left frame
                                                // It may also be an array of db-names
 $cfgServers[1]['verbose']       = '';          // Verbose name for this host - leave blank to show the hostname
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ $cfgServers[2]['socket']        = '';
 $cfgServers[2]['connect_type']  = 'tcp';
 $cfgServers[2]['stduser']       = '';
 $cfgServers[2]['stdpass']       = '';
-$cfgServers[2]['auth_type']     = 'basic';
+$cfgServers[2]['auth_type']     = 'config';
 $cfgServers[2]['user']          = 'root';
 $cfgServers[2]['password']      = '';
 $cfgServers[2]['only_db']       = '';
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ $cfgServers[3]['socket']        = '';
 $cfgServers[3]['connect_type']  = 'tcp';
 $cfgServers[3]['stduser']       = '';
 $cfgServers[3]['stdpass']       = '';
-$cfgServers[3]['auth_type']     = 'basic';
+$cfgServers[3]['auth_type']     = 'config';
 $cfgServers[3]['user']          = 'root';
 $cfgServers[3]['password']      = '';
 $cfgServers[3]['only_db']       = '';