Question about auth-method

[Michael Wollschleager]

I am currently running Mindterm 3.0.1 as an applet and had a question  
about using auth-method on the web page.

Here is what I know:

password is the default authentication method used if auth-method  
isn't defined.
publickey can be set as the authentication method using auth-method.

What I'd like to do:

I'd like to set Mindterm so that if there is a private key with the  
correct name in the correct location, Mindterm would choose that and  
sign me in with my passphrase only.

What I've tried:

I tried setting auth-method to "publickey, password".  When I fired  
up Mindterm, I was quite happy as it asked for my passphrase.   
However, then it also asked me for my password, which I didn't want.

So, in summary, I'm trying to get Mindterm to use publickey if  
available, then default to password if publickey isn't available.  Am  
I missing anything obvious, or is this not possible?

Thanks!

Mike