| xf.li | 6c8fc1e | 2023-08-12 00:11:09 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | c: Copyright (C) 1998 - 2022, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al. |
| 2 | SPDX-License-Identifier: curl |
| 3 | Long: basic |
| 4 | Help: Use HTTP Basic Authentication |
| 5 | See-also: proxy-basic |
| 6 | Protocols: HTTP |
| 7 | Category: auth |
| 8 | Example: -u name:password --basic $URL |
| 9 | Added: 7.10.6 |
| 10 | Multi: mutex |
| 11 | --- |
| 12 | Tells curl to use HTTP Basic authentication with the remote host. This is the |
| 13 | default and this option is usually pointless, unless you use it to override a |
| 14 | previously set option that sets a different authentication method (such as |
| 15 | --ntlm, --digest, or --negotiate). |
| 16 | |
| 17 | Used together with --user. |