curl/docs/cmdline-opts/anyauth.d

c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Long: anyauth
Help: Pick any authentication method
Protocols: HTTP
See-also: proxy-anyauth basic digest
Category: http proxy auth
Example: --anyauth --user me:pwd $URL
Added: 7.10.6
Multi: mutex
---
Tells curl to figure out authentication method by itself, and use the most
secure one the remote site claims to support. This is done by first doing a
request and checking the response-headers, thus possibly inducing an extra
network round-trip. This is used instead of setting a specific authentication
method, which you can do with --basic, --digest, --ntlm, and --negotiate.

Using --anyauth is not recommended if you do uploads from stdin, since it may
require data to be sent twice and then the client must be able to rewind. If
the need should arise when uploading from stdin, the upload operation will
fail.

Used together with --user.
copyright: update all copyright lines and remove year ranges - they are mostly pointless in all major jurisdictions - many big corporations and projects already don't use them - saves us from pointless churn - git keeps history for us - the year range is kept in COPYING checksrc is updated to allow non-year using copyright statements Closes #10205 2023-01-02 20:51:48 +08:00			`c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.`
docs/cmdline-opts: add copyright and license identifier to each file gen.pl now insists on C: and SPDX-License-Identifier: fields to be present in all files. Closes #9002 2022-06-14 06:12:03 +08:00			`SPDX-License-Identifier: curl`
cmdline-docs: more options converted over 2016-11-16 06:44:58 +08:00			`Long: anyauth`
			`Help: Pick any authentication method`
			`Protocols: HTTP`
			`See-also: proxy-anyauth basic digest`
docs: add categories to all cmdline opts Adapted gen.pl with 'listcats' This commit is a part of "--help me if you can" Closes #5680 2020-07-13 20:15:04 +08:00			`Category: http proxy auth`
curl.1: provide examples for each option The file format for each option now features a "Example:" header that can provide one or more examples that get rendered appropriately in the output. All options MUST have at least one example or gen.pl complains at build-time. This fix also does a few other minor format and consistency cleanups. Closes #7654 2021-08-31 22:37:14 +08:00			`Example: --anyauth --user me:pwd $URL`
cmdline-opts: made the 'Added:' field mandatory Since "too old" versions are no longer included in the generated man page, this field is now mandatory so that it won't be forgotten and then not included in the documentation. Closes #7786 2021-09-28 17:50:07 +08:00			`Added: 7.10.6`
cmdline/docs: add a required 'multi' keyword for each option The keyword specifies how option works when specified multiple times: - single: the last provided value replaces the earlier ones - append: it supports being provided multiple times - boolean: on/off values - mutex: flag-like option that disable anoter flag The 'gen.pl' script then outputs the proper and unified language for each option's multi-use behavior in the generated man page. The multi: header is requires in each .d file and will cause build error if missing or set to an unknown value. Closes #9759 2022-10-18 16:39:43 +08:00			`Multi: mutex`
cmdline-docs: more options converted over 2016-11-16 06:44:58 +08:00			`---`
			`Tells curl to figure out authentication method by itself, and use the most`
			`secure one the remote site claims to support. This is done by first doing a`
			`request and checking the response-headers, thus possibly inducing an extra`
			`network round-trip. This is used instead of setting a specific authentication`
			`method, which you can do with --basic, --digest, --ntlm, and --negotiate.`

			`Using --anyauth is not recommended if you do uploads from stdin, since it may`
			`require data to be sent twice and then the client must be able to rewind. If`
			`the need should arise when uploading from stdin, the upload operation will`
			`fail.`

			`Used together with --user.`