CURLOPT_KEYPASSWD(3)

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 zero 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
TODO

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),