=User Management=
By default, If the HTTP server is started with no predefined user. Users 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. As alternative, users and passwords Login data can also be stored server-side in the "org<code>[[Web Application#Configuration|web.basex.user" and "org.basex.password" system properties before the HTTP server is startedxml]]</code> file, or specified as [[Startup Options#BaseX HTTP Server|command-line arguments]].
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: