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 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.
HTTPS HTTPS