MANUAL: clarified user+password in HTTP URLs

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Anthony Bryan 2012-09-09 23:08:59 +02:00 committed by Daniel Stenberg
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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
--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.
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