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I'm trying to use .netrc file to authenticate access to a service, but I can't make it use Bearer authentication type!

I can access the service without .netrc with the following command:

curl --header "Authorization: Bearer <TOKEN>" "http://<url/to/service>"

I use .netrc file with the following command:

curl --netrc-file "<path/to/.netrc>" "http://<url/to/service>"

The .netrc file looks like:

machine <server domain>
password <TOKEN>

When I try it, I got

{"message":"Basic Authentication has been disabled on this instance."}

I changed password with account in the .netrc file, but got the same response.

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    .netrc in curl only works with Basic-style user/password auth. It can not emit Authorization: Bearer .... That’s why you see Basic Authentication has been disabled. If you need Bearer tokens, you will have to use -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" directly, or put that header in a ~/.curlrc (or --config file) instead of .netrc. Commented Sep 18 at 13:42
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