CURLOPT_SOCKS5_GSSAPI_SERVICE(3) Introduction to Library Functions

NAME

CURLOPT_SOCKS5_GSSAPI_SERVICE - SOCKS5 proxy authentication service
name

SYNOPSIS

#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_SOCKS5_GSSAPI_SERVICE,
char *name);

DESCRIPTION

Deprecated since 7.49.0. Use CURLOPT_PROXY_SERVICE_NAME(3) instead.

Pass a char pointer as parameter to a string holding the name of the
service. The default service name for a SOCKS5 server is rcmd. This
option allows you to change it.

The application does not have to keep the string around after setting
this option.

DEFAULT

See above

PROTOCOLS

This functionality affects all supported protocols

EXAMPLE

int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
CURLcode result;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXY, "socks5://proxy");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SOCKS5_GSSAPI_SERVICE, "rcmd-special");
result = curl_easy_perform(curl);
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
}

DEPRECATED

Deprecated since 7.49.0

AVAILABILITY

Added in curl 7.19.4

RETURN VALUE

curl_easy_setopt(3) returns a CURLcode indicating success or error.

CURLE_OK (0) means everything was OK, non-zero means an error
occurred, see libcurl-errors(3).

SEE ALSO

CURLOPT_PROXY(3), CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE(3)

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