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Hi - I am using CentOS 7.3 and trying to receive basic authentication. I run a command liked: curl -X POST -u jerry:pw http://192.168.1.8/inbound.cgi When I use printenv in the cgi I do not see the user and password anywhere. Isn't it supposed to be there in an environment variable like REMOTE_USER ? How do I receive the basic authentication ? Thanks, Jerry

>Is this a 'curl' question, a 'How do you write CGI?' question or a >general question about how HTTP works? Hi Jonathan, This was just a general question on why I'm not seeing what I expected. I'm using CentOS 7.3, I have written CGI for years (not using user & pass), I've used http for years - I was just hoping someone might be able to shed some light on