curl/docs/cmdline-opts/negotiate.md

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c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, daniel@haxx.se, et al. SPDX-License-Identifier: curl Long: negotiate Help: Use HTTP Negotiate (SPNEGO) authentication Protocols: HTTP Category: auth http Added: 7.10.6 Multi: mutex See-also:

• basic
• ntlm
• anyauth
• proxy-negotiate Example:
• --negotiate -u : $URL ---

--negotiate

Enables Negotiate (SPNEGO) authentication.

This option requires a library built with GSS-API or SSPI support. Use --version to see if your curl supports GSS-API/SSPI or SPNEGO.

When using this option, you must also provide a fake --user option to activate the authentication code properly. Sending a '-u :' is enough as the user name and password from the --user option are not actually used.