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c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Long: socks5-basic
Help: Username/password auth for SOCKS5 proxies
Added: 7.55.0
Category: proxy auth
Multi: mutex
See-also:
  - socks5
Example:
  - --socks5-basic --socks5 hostname:4096 $URL
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# `--socks5-basic`

Use username/password authentication when connecting to a SOCKS5 proxy. The
username/password authentication is enabled by default. Use --socks5-gssapi to
force GSS-API authentication to SOCKS5 proxies.