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1*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker---
2*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Workerc: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <[email protected]>, et al.
3*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerSPDX-License-Identifier: curl
4*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerLong: basic
5*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerHelp: HTTP Basic Authentication
6*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerProtocols: HTTP
7*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerCategory: auth
8*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerAdded: 7.10.6
9*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerMulti: mutex
10*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerSee-also:
11*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker  - proxy-basic
12*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerExample:
13*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker  - -u name:password --basic $URL
14*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker---
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16*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker# `--basic`
17*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker
18*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerUse HTTP Basic authentication with the remote host. This method is the default
19*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Workerand this option is usually pointless, unless you use it to override a
20*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Workerpreviously set option that sets a different authentication method (such as
21*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker--ntlm, --digest, or --negotiate).
22*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker
23*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerUsed together with --user.
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