.\" ************************************************************************** .\" * _ _ ____ _ .\" * Project ___| | | | _ \| | .\" * / __| | | | |_) | | .\" * | (__| |_| | _ <| |___ .\" * \___|\___/|_| \_\_____| .\" * .\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2014, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al. .\" * .\" * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which .\" * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms .\" * are also available at http://curl.haxx.se/docs/copyright.html. .\" * .\" * You may opt to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute and/or sell .\" * copies of the Software, and permit persons to whom the Software is .\" * furnished to do so, under the terms of the COPYING file. .\" * .\" * This software is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY .\" * KIND, either express or implied. .\" * .\" ************************************************************************** .\" .TH CURLOPT_PASSWORD 3 "19 Jun 2014" "libcurl 7.37.0" "curl_easy_setopt options" .SH NAME CURLOPT_PASSWORD \- password to use in authentication .SH SYNOPSIS #include <curl/curl.h> CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_PASSWORD, char *pwd); .SH DESCRIPTION Pass a char * as parameter, which should be pointing to the zero terminated password to use for the transfer. The \fICURLOPT_PASSWORD(3)\fP option should be used in conjunction with the \fICURLOPT_USERNAME(3)\fP option. .SH DEFAULT blank .SH PROTOCOLS Most .SH EXAMPLE TODO .SH AVAILABILITY Added in 7.19.1 .SH RETURN VALUE Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not, or CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR CURLOPT_USERPWD "(3), " CURLOPT_USERNAME "(3), " .BR CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH "(3), " CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH "(3)"