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authorRenzo Carbonara <gnuk0001@gmail.com>2017-02-01T12·37+0100
committerRenzo Carbonara <gnuk0001@gmail.com>2017-02-02T12·24+0100
commite6e74f987f0fa284d220432d426eb965269a97d6 (patch)
treed2f68a17ff215f392b542d213eca88c70e900c3a
parent1351b0df87a0984914769c5dc76489618b3a3fec (diff)
Add netrc-file support
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml15
-rw-r--r--src/libstore/download.cc5
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
index 6c0af39ecda9..a7d60538c215 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
@@ -430,6 +430,21 @@ flag, e.g. <literal>--option gc-keep-outputs false</literal>.</para>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
+  <varlistentry><term><literal>netrc-file</literal></term>
+
+    <listitem><para>If set to an absolute path to a <filename>netrc</filename>
+    file, Nix will use the HTTP authentication credentials in this file when
+    trying to download from a remote host through HTTP or HTTPS. Defaults to
+    <filename>$NIX_CONF_DIR/netrc</filename>.</para>
+
+    <para>The <filename>netrc</filename> file consists of zero or more lines
+    like: <literal>machine <replaceable>my-machine</replaceable> login
+    <replaceable>my-username</replaceable> password
+    <replaceable>my-password</replaceable></literal>.</para></listitem>
+
+  </varlistentry>
+
+
   <varlistentry><term><literal>system</literal></term>
 
     <listitem><para>This option specifies the canonical Nix system
diff --git a/src/libstore/download.cc b/src/libstore/download.cc
index 074e0ca6642a..8f2387b63253 100644
--- a/src/libstore/download.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/download.cc
@@ -230,6 +230,11 @@ struct CurlDownloader : public Downloader
                 curl_easy_setopt(req, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);
             }
 
+            Path netrcFile = settings.get("netrc-file",
+               (format("%1%/%2%") % settings.nixConfDir % "netrc").str());
+            curl_easy_setopt(req, CURLOPT_NETRC_FILE, netrcFile.c_str());
+            curl_easy_setopt(req, CURLOPT_NETRC, CURL_NETRC_OPTIONAL);
+
             result.data = std::make_shared<std::string>();
         }