Revert "Update to 7.40.1"

[platform/upstream/curl.git] / docs / libcurl / opts / CURLOPT_USERPWD.3

diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_USERPWD.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_USERPWD.3
index 22e920f..03d8076 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_USERPWD.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_USERPWD.3
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 .\"
 .TH CURLOPT_USERPWD 3 "17 Jun 2014" "libcurl 7.37.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
 .SH NAME
-CURLOPT_USERPWD \- user name and password to use in authentication
+CURLOPT_USERPWD \- set user + password to work with
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 #include <curl/curl.h>
 
@@ -31,21 +31,10 @@ CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_USERPWD, char *userpwd);
 Pass a char * as parameter, pointing to a zero terminated login details string
 for the connection. The format of which is: [user name]:[password].
 
-When using Kerberos V5 authentication with a Windows based server, you should
-specify the user name part with the domain name in order for the server to
-successfully obtain a Kerberos Ticket. If you don't then the initial part of
-the authentication handshake may fail.
-
-When using NTLM, the user name can be specified simply as the user name
-without the domain name should the server be part of a single domain and
-forest.
-
-To specify the domain name use either Down-Level Logon Name or UPN (User
-Principal Name) formats. For example, EXAMPLE\\user and user@example.com
-respectively.
-
-Some HTTP servers (on Windows) support inclusion of the domain for Basic
-authentication as well.
+When using NTLM, you can set the domain by prepending it to the user name and
+separating the domain and name with a forward (/) or backward slash (\\). Like
+this: "domain/user:password" or "domain\\user:password". Some HTTP servers (on
+Windows) support this style even for Basic authentication.
 
 When using HTTP and \fICURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION(3)\fP, libcurl might perform
 several requests to possibly different hosts. libcurl will only send this user