From 1679993e3baa9f14932031b718d7a8ea24ccae57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Stenberg Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 11:54:14 +0000 Subject: CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH explained --- docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 index 830428cec..e2cdcf3b9 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 @@ -376,6 +376,17 @@ This is a convenience macro that sets all bits except Basic and thus makes libcurl pick any it finds suitable. libcurl will automaticly select the one it finds most secure. .RE +.TP +.B CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH +Pass a long as parameter, which is set to a bitmask, to tell libcurl what +authentication method(s) you want it to use for your proxy authentication. If +more than one bit is set, libcurl will first query the site to see what +authentication methods it supports and then pick the best one you allow it to +use. Note that for some methods, this will induce an extra network +round-trip. Set the actual name and password with the +\fICURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD\fP option. The bitmask can be constructed by or'ing +together the bits listed above for the \fICURLOPT_HTTPAUTH\fP option. As of +this writing, only Basic and NTLM work. (Added in 7.10.7) .PP .SH HTTP OPTIONS .TP 0.4i -- cgit v1.2.3