From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 22:24:06 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Support username and password inside URL
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0511242321500.26651@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
In-Reply-To: <7vbr09n16w.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

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