CURLOPT_KRBLEVEL(3)

CURLOPT_KRBLEVEL3

Ftp kerberos security level

Usage

#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_KRBLEVEL, char *level);

Overview

Deprecated. It serves no purpose anymore.

Pass a char pointer as parameter. Set the kerberos security level for FTP; this also enables kerberos awareness. This is a string that should match one of the following: clear, safe, confidential or private. If the string is set but does not match one of these, private is used. Set the string to NULL to disable kerberos support for FTP.

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

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

Default

NULL

Protocols

This functionality affects ftp only

Examples

int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    CURLcode result;
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "ftp://example.com/foo.bin");
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_KRBLEVEL, "private");
    result = curl_easy_perform(curl);
    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  }
}

Deprecated

Deprecated since 8.17.0

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).

Releases

7 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 6 times.

  1. 8
  2. 9
  3. 10
  4. 11
  5. 12
  6. 13
  7. Arch

History

Functionality removed in 8.17.0

This option was known as CURLOPT_KRB4LEVEL up to 7.16.3

Availability

Added in curl 7.16.4

From curl 8.23.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.