Commit b41765f4 authored by Daniel Stenberg's avatar Daniel Stenberg
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mention the colon-only thing for -u and SSPI+NTLM

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.\" * $Id$
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.TH curl 1 "10 Nov 2005" "Curl 7.15.1" "Curl Manual"
.TH curl 1 "24 Nov 2005" "Curl 7.15.1" "Curl Manual"
.SH NAME
.SH NAME
curl \- transfer a URL
curl \- transfer a URL
.SH SYNOPSIS
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -927,10 +927,18 @@ If this option is used several times, each occurrence will toggle it on/off.
Specify user and password to use for server authentication. Overrides
Specify user and password to use for server authentication. Overrides
\fI-n/--netrc\fP and \fI--netrc-optional\fP.
\fI-n/--netrc\fP and \fI--netrc-optional\fP.


If you use an SSPI-enabled curl binary and do NTLM autentication, you can
force curl to pick up the user name and password from your environment by
simply specifying a single colon with this option: "-u :".

If this option is used several times, the last one will be used.
If this option is used several times, the last one will be used.
.IP "-U/--proxy-user <user:password>"
.IP "-U/--proxy-user <user:password>"
Specify user and password to use for proxy authentication.
Specify user and password to use for proxy authentication.


If you use an SSPI-enabled curl binary and do NTLM autentication, you can
force curl to pick up the user name and password from your environment by
simply specifying a single colon with this option: "-U :".

If this option is used several times, the last one will be used.
If this option is used several times, the last one will be used.
.IP "--url <URL>"
.IP "--url <URL>"
Specify a URL to fetch. This option is mostly handy when you want to specify
Specify a URL to fetch. This option is mostly handy when you want to specify