From fa4b4d2033bd79bcc40e754b19ca50849e2e0e69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Anthony Bryan Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2012 23:08:59 +0200 Subject: MANUAL: clarified user+password in HTTP URLs --- docs/MANUAL | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/MANUAL') diff --git a/docs/MANUAL b/docs/MANUAL index 6dbfd24b5..4ad2e135e 100644 --- a/docs/MANUAL +++ b/docs/MANUAL @@ -113,9 +113,10 @@ USING PASSWORDS ones out of the ones that the server accepts for the given URL, by using --anyauth. - NOTE! Since HTTP URLs don't support user and password, you can't use that - style when using Curl via a proxy. You _must_ use the -u style fetch - during such circumstances. + NOTE! According to the URL specification, HTTP URLs can not contain a user + and password, so that style will not work when using curl via a proxy, even + though curl allows it at other times. When using a proxy, you _must_ use + the -u style for user and password. HTTPS -- cgit v1.2.3