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Daniel Stenberg 2004-03-26 13:20:28 +00:00
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@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ USING PASSWORDS
curl -u name:passwd ftp://machine.domain:port/full/path/to/file curl -u name:passwd ftp://machine.domain:port/full/path/to/file
FTPS
It is just like for FTP, but you may also want to specify and use
SSL-specific options for certificates etc.
HTTP HTTP
The HTTP URL doesn't support user and password in the URL string. Curl The HTTP URL doesn't support user and password in the URL string. Curl
@ -75,6 +80,12 @@ USING PASSWORDS
curl -u name:passwd http://machine.domain/full/path/to/file curl -u name:passwd http://machine.domain/full/path/to/file
HTTP offers many different methods of authentication and curl supports
several: Basic, Digest, NTLM and Negotiate. Without telling which method to
use, curl defaults to Basic. You can also ask curl to pick the most secure
ones out of the ones that the server accepts for the given URL, by using
--anyauth.
NOTE! Since HTTP URLs don't support user and password, you can't use that NOTE! Since HTTP URLs don't support user and password, you can't use that
style when using Curl via a proxy. You _must_ use the -u style fetch style when using Curl via a proxy. You _must_ use the -u style fetch
during such circumstances. during such circumstances.