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.TH CURLOPT_SASL_AUTHZID 3 "11 Sep 2019" "libcurl 7.66.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
.SH NAME
CURLOPT_SASL_AUTHZID \- authorisation identity (identity to act as)
.SH SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_SASL_AUTHZID, char *authzid);
.SH DESCRIPTION
Pass a char * as parameter, which should be pointing to the zero terminated
authorisation identity (authzid) for the transfer. Only applicable to the PLAIN
SASL authentication mechanism where it is optional.

When not specified only the authentication identity (authcid) as specified by
the username will be sent to the server, along with the password. The server
will derive a authzid from the authcid when not provided, which it will then
uses internally.

When the authzid is specified, the use of which is server dependent, it can be
used to access another user's inbox, that the user has been granted access to,
or a shared mailbox for example.
.SH DEFAULT
blank
.SH PROTOCOLS
IMAP, POP3 and SMTP
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "imap://example.com/");
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USERNAME, "Kurt");
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PASSWORD, "xipj3plmq");
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SASL_AUTHZID, "Ursel");
  ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
  curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.66.0
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR CURLOPT_USERNAME "(3), " CURLOPT_PASSWORD "(3), ".BR CURLOPT_USERPWD "(3)"