authenticate : specifies whether the view requires that the user is authenticated, i.e. that the user has to be a registered user (not guest or generic user). <action path="/RequisitionListDisplayView" type="com.ibm.commerce.struts.BaseAction"> <set-property property=" authenticate " value="10001:1"/> </action> credentialsAccepted: is used when you have partially authenticed users, i.e. users that have been remembered via the Remember Me function. If a user has not specifically authenticated (i.e. logged on via the Logon command), but has been remembered via the Remember Me persistent cookie, that user is considered partially authenticated my Commerce. <action path="/LogonCmd" parameter="com.ibm.commerce.catalog.commands.LogonCmd" type="com.ibm.commerce.struts.BaseAction"> set-property property="credentialsAccepted" value="0:P" /> </action&