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23 .TH CURLOPT_UNRESTRICTED_AUTH 3 "May 15, 2017" "libcurl 7.59.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
26 CURLOPT_UNRESTRICTED_AUTH \- send credentials to other hosts too
29 #include <curl/curl.h>
31 CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_UNRESTRICTED_AUTH,
34 Set the long \fIgohead\fP parameter to 1L to make libcurl continue to send
35 authentication (user+password) credentials when following locations, even when
36 hostname changed. This option is meaningful only when setting
37 \fICURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION(3)\fP.
39 By default, libcurl will only send given credentials to the initial host name
40 as given in the original URL, to avoid leaking username + password to other
48 CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
50 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com");
51 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);
52 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_UNRESTRICTED_AUTH, 1L);
53 curl_easy_perform(curl);
59 Returns CURLE_OK if HTTP is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.
61 .BR CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION "(3), " CURLOPT_USERPWD "(3), "