Commit fa4b4d20 authored by Anthony Bryan's avatar Anthony Bryan Committed by Daniel Stenberg
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MANUAL: clarified user+password in HTTP URLs

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@@ -113,9 +113,10 @@ USING PASSWORDS
   ones out of the ones that the server accepts for the given URL, by using
   ones out of the ones that the server accepts for the given URL, by using
   --anyauth.
   --anyauth.


   NOTE! Since HTTP URLs don't support user and password, you can't use that
   NOTE! According to the URL specification, HTTP URLs can not contain a user
   style when using Curl via a proxy. You _must_ use the -u style fetch
   and password, so that style will not work when using curl via a proxy, even
   during such circumstances.
   though curl allows it at other times. When using a proxy, you _must_ use
   the -u style for user and password.


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