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authorSteve Holme <steve_holme@hotmail.com>2014-08-15 22:04:08 +0100
committerSteve Holme <steve_holme@hotmail.com>2014-08-16 10:46:57 +0100
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parent29240cb5c116e3e8b5bff6c039b74524b85f8435 (diff)
CURLOPT_USERNAME.3: Added Kerberos V5 and NTLM domain information
This repeats what has already been documented in both the curl manpage and CURLOPT_USERPWD documentation but is provided here for completeness as someone may not especially read the latter when using libcurl.
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@@ -37,6 +37,22 @@ user name to use for the transfer.
authentication. You should not use this option together with the (older)
\fICURLOPT_USERPWD(3)\fP option.
+When using Kerberos V5 authentication with a Windows based server, you should
+include 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 include the domain name use either Down-Level Logon Name or UPN (User
+Principal Name) formats. For example, EXAMPLE\user and user@example.com
+respectively.
+
+Some HTTP servers (on Windows) support inclusion of the domain for Basic
+authentication as well.
+
To specify the password and login options, along with the user name, use the
\fICURLOPT_PASSWORD(3)\fP and \fICURLOPT_LOGIN_OPTIONS(3)\fP options.
.SH DEFAULT