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hgrc.5: describe what the [auth] section is for
author Martin Geisler <mg@lazybytes.net>
date Wed, 01 Dec 2010 10:21:40 +0100
parents 2649be11ab0b
children 1cfaf11c6398
files doc/hgrc.5.txt
diffstat 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/doc/hgrc.5.txt	Tue Nov 30 17:48:12 2010 +0900
+++ b/doc/hgrc.5.txt	Wed Dec 01 10:21:40 2010 +0100
@@ -203,8 +203,13 @@
 
 ``auth``
 """"""""
-Authentication credentials for HTTP authentication. Each line has
-the following format::
+
+Authentication credentials for HTTP authentication. This section
+allows you to store usernames and passwords for use when logging
+*into* HTTP servers. See the web_ configuration section if you want to
+configure *who* can login to your HTTP server.
+
+Each line has the following format::
 
     <name>.<argument> = <value>