From a7682e28740f2905b988ce78b2d2540ec86fa064 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: des Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 10:41:29 +0000 Subject: Fully document the HTTP authorization feature. Update the BUGS section to reflect the HTTP rewrite. --- lib/libfetch/fetch.3 | 30 ++++++++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) (limited to 'lib/libfetch/fetch.3') diff --git a/lib/libfetch/fetch.3 b/lib/libfetch/fetch.3 index 2c04c4a..0efb690 100644 --- a/lib/libfetch/fetch.3 +++ b/lib/libfetch/fetch.3 @@ -383,20 +383,25 @@ and message, e.g. "File is not available (404 Not Found)" .It Ev FTP_PROXY host name of the FTP proxy to use, optionally followed by a port number separated from the host name by a colon. -.\" .It Ev HTTP_AUTH -.\" Specifies HTTP authorization parameters. +.It Ev HTTP_AUTH +Specifies HTTP authorization parameters, used only if the server +requires authorization and no user name or password was specified in +the URL. +The first and second item are the authorization scheme and realm +respectively; further items are scheme-dependent. +Currently, only basic authorization is supported. +Basic authorization requires two parameters: the user name and +password, in that order. .It Ev HTTP_PROXY host name of the HTTP proxy to use, optionally followed by a port number separated from the host name by a colon. If no port number is specified, the default is 3128. .It Ev HTTP_PROXY_AUTH -Specifies authorization parameters for the HTTP proxy as a -colon-separated list. -The first and second item are the authorization scheme and realm -respectively; further items are scheme-dependent. -Currently, only basic authorization is supported. -Basic authorization requires two parameters: the user's login name and -password, in that order. +Specifies authorization parameters for the HTTP proxy in the same +format as +.Ev HTTP_AUTH . +The value of this variable is used if and only if connected to an HTTP +proxy. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr fetch 1 , @@ -464,13 +469,14 @@ There's no way to select a proxy at run-time other than setting the or .Ev FTP_PROXY environment variables as appropriate. -There is also no way to stop the -FTP and HTTP functions from trying to use a proxy if these variables -are set. +.Pp .Nm libfetch does not attempt to interpret and respond to authentication requests from the HTTP server or proxy (code 401 and 407 respectively). .Pp +.Nm libfetch +does not understand or obey 305 (Use Proxy) replies. +.Pp No attempt is made to encode spaces etc. within URLs. Spaces in the document part of an URLshould be replaced with "%20" in HTTP URLs and -- cgit v1.1