GNURLOPT_F...VE_TO_USER(3)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, this is GNURLOPT_F...VE_TO_USER(3) from the curl_easy_setopt options manual, and the option itself is CURLOPT_FTP_ALTERNATIVE_TO_USER — the command to use instead of USER with FTP. 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <gnurl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_FTP_ALTERNATIVE_TO_USER,
                          char *cmd);

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

Pass a char * as the parameter, pointing to a string that will be used to authenticate if the usual FTP "USER user" and "PASS password" negotiation fails. 🫶

This is currently only known to be required when connecting to Tumbleweed's Secure Transport FTPS server using client certificates for authentication. No cap, that's the specific situation. 💖

The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this option. So no lifetime stress, bestie. ✨

🎀 DEFAULT 🎀

NULL — that's the default, periodt. 💅

🐟 PROTOCOLS 🐟

FTP only, bestie. 🐟

🔥 EXAMPLE 🔥

Here's the exact example:

CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "ftp://example.com/foo.bin");

  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FTP_ALTERNATIVE_TO_USER, "two users");

  ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);

  curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}

⭐ AVAILABILITY ⭐

Added in 7.15.5. ⭐

👑 RETURN VALUE 👑

Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not, or CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space. So: supported = slay, unknown option = not today, outta heap = 😭. 🔥

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• CURLOPT_FTP_SKIP_PASV_IP(3)
• CURLOPT_FTP_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT(3)

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xoxo, this page is from libcurl 7.37.0, dated 19 Jun 2014, and the footer vibe is GNURLOPT_F...VE_TO_USER(3). 💖✨