proxy-options.rst: Add proper documentation for --http-proxy-user-pass

And extend examples section for authenticated HTTP proxies because
is was misleading.

Change-Id: I7a754d0b4a76a9227bf922f65176cd9ec4d7670c
Signed-off-by: Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.com>
Acked-by: Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de>
Message-Id: <20240118164903.22519-1-gert@greenie.muc.de>
URL: https://www.mail-archive.com/openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg28083.html
Signed-off-by: Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de>

diff --git a/doc/man-sections/proxy-options.rst b/doc/man-sections/proxy-options.rst
index 9cf311f1738fa7f25cf037d7b024f76c84c68661..ad49c6048a062b8e42e61faf0a0a2841d487c618 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man-sections/proxy-options.rst
+++ b/doc/man-sections/proxy-options.rst
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   is required, a file name to an ``authfile`` file containing a username
   and password on 2 lines can be given, or :code:`stdin` to prompt from
   console. Its content can also be specified in the config file with the
-  ``--http-proxy-user-pass`` option. (See section on inline files)
+  ``--http-proxy-user-pass`` option (See `INLINE FILE SUPPORT`_).
 
   The last optional argument is an ``auth-method`` which should be one
   of :code:`none`, :code:`basic`, or :code:`ntlm2`.
@@ -25,14 +25,43 @@
   Examples:
   ::
 
+     # no authentication
      http-proxy proxy.example.net 3128
+     # basic authentication, load credentials from file
      http-proxy proxy.example.net 3128 authfile.txt
+     # basic authentication, ask user for credentials
      http-proxy proxy.example.net 3128 stdin
-     http-proxy proxy.example.net 3128 auto basic
-     http-proxy proxy.example.net 3128 auto-nct ntlm2
+     # NTLM authentication, load credentials from file
+     http-proxy proxy.example.net 3128 authfile.txt ntlm2
+     # determine which authentication is required, ask user for credentials
+     http-proxy proxy.example.net 3128 auto
+     # determine which authentication is required, but reject basic
+     http-proxy proxy.example.net 3128 auto-nct
+     # determine which authentication is required, but set credentials
+     http-proxy proxy.example.net 3128 auto
+     http-proxy-user-pass authfile.txt
+     # basic authentication, specify credentials inline
+     http-proxy proxy.example.net 3128 "" basic
+     <http-proxy-user-pass>
+     username
+     password
+     </http-proxy-user-pass>
 
   Note that support for NTLMv1 proxies was removed with OpenVPN 2.7.
 
+--http-proxy-user-pass userpass
+  Overwrite the username/password information for ``--http-proxy``. If specified
+  as an inline option (see `INLINE FILE SUPPORT`_), it will be interpreted as
+  username/password separated by a newline. When specified on the command line
+  it is interpreted as a filename same as the third argument to ``--http-proxy``.
+
+  Example::
+
+    <http-proxy-user-pass>
+    username
+    password
+    </http-proxy-user-pass>
+
 --http-proxy-option args
   Set extended HTTP proxy options. Requires an option ``type`` as argument
   and an optional ``parameter`` to the type.  Repeat to set multiple