CURLOPT_USERPWD(3)					     curl_easy_setopt options						CURLOPT_USERPWD(3)

NAME

       CURLOPT_USERPWD - user name and password to use in authentication

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_USERPWD, char *userpwd);

DESCRIPTION

       Pass  a	char  *  as  parameter,  pointing  to  a  zero	terminated  login details string for the connection. The format of which is: [user
       name]:[password].

       When using Kerberos V5 authentication with a Windows based server, you should specify the user name part with the domain name in order  for
       the server to successfully obtain a Kerberos Ticket. If you don't then the initial part of the authentication handshake may fail.

       When  using  NTLM,  the	user  name  can be specified simply as the user name without the domain name should the server be part of a single
       domain and forest.

       To specify the domain name use either Down-Level Logon Name or UPN (User Principal Name) formats. For example, EXAMPLEuser and	user@exam-
       ple.com respectively.

       Some HTTP servers (on Windows) support inclusion of the domain for Basic authentication as well.

       When  using  HTTP and CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION(3), libcurl might perform several requests to possibly different hosts. libcurl will only send
       this user and password information to hosts using the initial host name (unless CURLOPT_UNRESTRICTED_AUTH(3) is set), so if libcurl follows
       locations to other hosts it will not send the user and password to those. This is enforced to prevent accidental information leakage.

       Use  CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH(3)  to specify the authentication method for HTTP based connections or CURLOPT_LOGIN_OPTIONS(3) to control IMAP, POP3
       and SMTP options.

       The user and password strings are not URL decoded, so there's no way to send in a user name containing a colon using this option. Use  CUR-
       LOPT_USERNAME(3) for that, or include it in the URL.

       The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this option.

DEFAULT

       NULL

PROTOCOLS

       Most

EXAMPLE

       TODO

AVAILABILITY

       Always

RETURN VALUE

       Returns CURLE_OK on success or CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space.

SEE ALSO

       CURLOPT_USERNAME(3), CURLOPT_PASSWORD(3),

libcurl 7.54.0							 December 21, 2016						CURLOPT_USERPWD(3)