c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, daniel@haxx.se, et al. SPDX-License-Identifier: curl Long: basic Help: HTTP Basic Authentication Protocols: HTTP Category: auth Added: 7.10.6 Multi: mutex See-also:
--basic
Use HTTP Basic authentication with the remote host. This method is the default and this option is usually pointless, unless you use it to override a previously set option that sets a different authentication method (such as --ntlm, --digest, or --negotiate).
Used together with --user.