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If the HTTP server is started with no pre-defined credentials, users and passwords can be sent via [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_access_authentication HTTP basic authentication] with each HTTP request. Login data can be stored server-side in the <code>web.xml</code> file, or specified as [[Command-Line Options#BaseX HTTP Server|command-line arguments]].
{{Mark|Since Version 8.0}}, all users are specified in a {{Code|users.xml}} file, which is stored in the database directory (see [[User Management]] for more information).
With cURL, and most browsers, you can specify the user name and password with each HTTP request within the request string as plain text, using the format <code>USER:PASSWORD@URL</code>. An example:
