From 97f6049bc28d248a5a127fc6811f8f1dcd4ab2da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve Holme Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 22:04:08 +0100 Subject: 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. --- docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_USERNAME.3 | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_USERNAME.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_USERNAME.3 index 07892111d..4cec5e93c 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_USERNAME.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_USERNAME.3 @@ -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 -- cgit v1.2.3