From 1bd1d858aeccce928261c070bd9d9c1eaf4049f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Skip Montanaro Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 20:22:12 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] added note about character set limitations in passwords. --- Doc/lib/libnetrc.tex | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/Doc/lib/libnetrc.tex b/Doc/lib/libnetrc.tex index c7573f9155c..9bd6639f87a 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.}