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| author | Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> | 2003-04-23 20:22:12 (GMT) |
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| committer | Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> | 2003-04-23 20:22:12 (GMT) |
| commit | 1bd1d858aeccce928261c070bd9d9c1eaf4049f9 (patch) | |
| tree | 28428bff45db1d5107532263c3a7e78fb67c5586 | |
| parent | 34d7f0927beb9fe77b71ca53f251ece13c73245b (diff) | |
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added note about character set limitations in passwords.
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libnetrc.tex b/Doc/lib/libnetrc.tex index c7573f9..9bd6639 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libnetrc.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libnetrc.tex @@ -59,3 +59,10 @@ as a pseudo-host by that name. \begin{memberdesc}{macros} Dictionary mapping macro names to string lists. \end{memberdesc} + +\note{Versions of this module before 2.2.3 and 2.3 are very limited to a +subset of the ASCII character set for passwords. Starting with 2.2.3 and +2.3, ASCII punctuation is allowed in passwords. However, note that spaces +and non-printable characters are not allowed in passwords. This is a +limitation of the way the .netrc file is parsed and should be removed in the +future.} |