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Diffstat (limited to 'docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_USERPWD.3')
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diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_USERPWD.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_USERPWD.3 index 03d80760e..acea15c21 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_USERPWD.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_USERPWD.3 @@ -31,10 +31,21 @@ CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_USERPWD, char *userpwd); 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 NTLM, you can set the domain by prepending it to the user name and -separating the domain and name with a forward (/) or backward slash (\\). Like -this: "domain/user:password" or "domain\\user:password". Some HTTP servers (on -Windows) support this style even for Basic authentication. +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, EXAMPLE\user and user@example.com +respectively. + +Some HTTP servers (on Windows) support inclusion of the domain for Basic +authentication as well. When using HTTP and \fICURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION(3)\fP, libcurl might perform several requests to possibly different hosts. libcurl will only send this user |