CURLOPT_KEYPASSWD(3)       curl_easy_setopt options       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 null-terminated string as parameter. It will be
       used as the password required to use the _SSLKEY&section=3">CURLOPT_SSLKEY(3) or
       _SSH_PRIVATE_KEYFILE&section=3">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),

libcurl 7.77.0                 November 4, 2020           CURLOPT_KEYPASSWD(3)