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curl.1: Added information about optional login options to --user in manpage

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Added missing information, from curl 7.31.0, regarding the use of the
optional login options that may be specified as part of --user.

For example:

--user 'user:password;auth=NTLM' in IMAP, POP3 and SMTP protocols.
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Steve Holme
2013-09-21 22:05:12 +01:00
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@@ -1535,16 +1535,23 @@ If this option is used several times, the last one will be used.
.IP "--trace-time" .IP "--trace-time"
Prepends a time stamp to each trace or verbose line that curl displays. Prepends a time stamp to each trace or verbose line that curl displays.
(Added in 7.14.0) (Added in 7.14.0)
.IP "-u, --user <user:password>" .IP "-u, --user <user:password;options>"
Specify the user name and password to use for server authentication. Overrides Specify the user name, password and optional login options to use for server
\fI-n, --netrc\fP and \fI--netrc-optional\fP. authentication. Overrides \fI-n, --netrc\fP and \fI--netrc-optional\fP.
If you just give the user name (without entering a colon) curl will prompt for If you simply specify the user name, with or without the login options, curl
a password. will prompt for a password.
If you use an SSPI-enabled curl binary and do NTLM authentication, you can If you use an SSPI-enabled curl binary and perform NTLM authentication, you
force curl to pick up the user name and password from your environment by can force curl to select the user name and password from your environment by
simply specifying a single colon with this option: "-u :". simply specifying a single colon with this option: "-u :" or by specfying the
login options on their own, for example "-u ;auth=NTLM".
You can use the optional login options part to specify protocol specific
options that may be used during authentication. At present only IMAP, POP3 and
SMTP support login options as part of the user login information. For more
information about the login options please see RFC 2384, RFC 5092 and IETF
draft draft-earhart-url-smtp-00.txt (Added in 7.31.0).
If this option is used several times, the last one will be used. If this option is used several times, the last one will be used.
.IP "-U, --proxy-user <user:password>" .IP "-U, --proxy-user <user:password>"