CURLOPT_KEYPASSWD
Section: curl_easy_setopt options (3)
Updated: November 04, 2020
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NAME
CURLOPT_KEYPASSWD - set passphrase to private key
SYNOPSIS
#include <
curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_KEYPASSWD, char *pwd);
DESCRIPTION
Pass a pointer to a null-terminated string as parameter. It will be used as
the password required to use the
CURLOPT_SSLKEY(3) or
CURLOPT_SSH_PRIVATE_KEYFILE(3) private key. You never needed a pass
phrase to load a certificate but you need one to load your private key.
The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this
option.
DEFAULT
NULL
PROTOCOLS
All TLS based protocols: HTTPS, FTPS, IMAPS, POP3S, SMTPS etc.
EXAMPLE
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/foo.bin");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSLCERT, "client.pem");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSLKEY, "key.pem");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_KEYPASSWD, "superman");
ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
AVAILABILITY
This option was known as CURLOPT_SSLKEYPASSWD up to 7.16.4 and
CURLOPT_SSLCERTPASSWD up to 7.9.2.
RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if TLS enabled, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not, or
CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space.
SEE ALSO
CURLOPT_SSLKEY(3),
CURLOPT_SSH_PRIVATE_KEYFILE(3),