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- .TH CURLOPT_USERNAME 3 "2025-01-17" libcurl
- .SH NAME
- CURLOPT_USERNAME \- username to use in authentication
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- .nf
- #include <curl/curl.h>
- CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_USERNAME,
- char *username);
- .fi
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- Pass a char pointer as parameter, which should be pointing to the
- null\-terminated username to use for the transfer.
- \fICURLOPT_USERNAME(3)\fP sets the username to be used in protocol
- 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 do not then the initial part of the authentication
- handshake may fail.
- When using NTLM, the username can be specified simply as the username 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, \fBEXAMPLE\user\fP and
- \fBuser@example.com\fP 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 username, use the
- \fICURLOPT_PASSWORD(3)\fP and \fICURLOPT_LOGIN_OPTIONS(3)\fP options.
- The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this
- option.
- .SH DEFAULT
- blank
- .SH PROTOCOLS
- This functionality affects all supported protocols
- .SH EXAMPLE
- .nf
- int main(void)
- {
- CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
- if(curl) {
- CURLcode res;
- curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/foo.bin");
- curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USERNAME, "clark");
- res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
- curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
- }
- }
- .fi
- .SH AVAILABILITY
- Added in curl 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_HTTPAUTH (3),
- .BR CURLOPT_PASSWORD (3),
- .BR CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH (3),
- .BR CURLOPT_USERPWD (3)
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