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Re: [PATCH] Support username and password inside URL

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Nov 24, 2005, 22:24 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.63.0511242321500.26651@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
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Hi,

even if HTTP authentication is not really strong, we could permit at least the username to be specified. The password could come from .netrc. In this manner, it would be possible to use different user names on the same server.

I don't have a need for this, though.

Ciao, Dscho

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  1. Kalle ValoNov 20, 2005
  2. Support username and password inside URLKalle Valo, Nov 20, 2005
  3. Junio C HamanoNov 20, 2005
  4. Krzysztof HalasaNov 20, 2005
  5. Kalle ValoNov 23, 2005
  6. Junio C HamanoNov 24, 2005
  7. Johannes SchindelinNov 24, 2005
  8. Junio C HamanoNov 24, 2005

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