curl-library
Re: Bug#178473: curl: local user information leak
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 16:48:03 +0100 (CET)
On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, Domenico Andreoli wrote:
> > The manual looks like ~/.netrc doesn't work for proxy authentication, but
> > I'm not sure.
So you report a bug on the manual or a functionality you're not sure of?
> > How do you want to authenticate non-interactively in that case?
You tried reading the FAQ?
> > A friend told me, an environment variable containing the password could
> > be another solution...
Well, if curl would care about that, it could've been a solution. Yes. But
now, it doesn't and then its not really a way I'd recommend! ;-)
Now, what's wrong with using a .curlrc config file, specifying your own with
-K or possibly passing it to -K on stdin if you do '-K -' ?
(sorry for the sarcasm, but I'm in that mood today)
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