How to define the basic HTTP authentication using cURL correctly?

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I’m learning Apigility (Apigility docu -> REST Service Tutorial) and trying to send a POST request with basic authentication via cURL:

$ curl -X POST -i -H "Content-Type: application/hal+json" -H "Authorization: Basic YXBpdXNlcjphcGlwd2Q=" http://apigilityhw.sandbox.loc/status

YXBpdXNlcjphcGlwd2Q= is the base 64 encoded string with my credentials apiuser:apipwd. The credentials are saved in the /data/htpasswd (apiuser:$apr1$3J4cyqEw$WKga3rQMkxvnevMuBaekg/).

The looks like this:

HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized
Server: nginx/1.4.7
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 07:48:47 GMT
Content-Type: application/problem+json
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
Connection: keep-alive
X-Powered-By: PHP/5.5.12-1~dotdeb.1
WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="api"

Where is the mistake here? How to get it work?

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