From: Anthony Bryan Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2012 21:08:59 +0000 (+0200) Subject: MANUAL: clarified user+password in HTTP URLs X-Git-Tag: curl-7_28_0~57 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=fa4b4d2033bd79bcc40e754b19ca50849e2e0e69;p=curl MANUAL: clarified user+password in HTTP URLs --- 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