[svn] Add the --user, --password, --ftp-user and --ftp-password options.

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@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ Please send GNU Wget bug reports to <bug-wget@gnu.org>.
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 * Changes in Wget 1.10.
 
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 * Changes in Wget 1.10.
 

+** Wget now supports the --ftp-user and --ftp-password command switches to set
+username and password for FTP, and the --user and --password command switches
+to set username and password for both FTP and HTTP.  The --http-passwd and
+--proxy-passwd command switches have been renamed to --http-password and
+--proxy-password respectively, and the related http_passwd and proxy_passwd 
+.wgetrc commands to http_password and proxy_password respectively. The 
+login and passwd .wgetrc commands have been deprecated.
+

 ** Downloading files greater than 2GB, also known as "large files",
 now works on systems that support them.  This includes most modern
 Unix variants, as well as Windows.
 ** Downloading files greater than 2GB, also known as "large files",
 now works on systems that support them.  This includes most modern
 Unix variants, as well as Windows.


@@ -17,7 +25,14 @@ flags `--inet4' and `--inet6' (or `-4' and `-6' for short) force the
 use of IPv4 and IPv6 respectively.  Unfortunately the IPv6 support
 still does not work on Windows.
 
 use of IPv4 and IPv6 respectively.  Unfortunately the IPv6 support
 still does not work on Windows.
 

-** Talking to SSL servers over proxies now actually works.
+** Talking to SSL servers over proxies now actually works.  Previous
+versions of Wget erroneously sent GET requests for SSL URLs.  Wget
+1.10 utilizes the CONNECT method designed for this purpose.
+
+** Microsoft's proprietary "NTLM" method of HTTP authentication is now
+supported.  This authentication method is undocumented and only used
+by IIS.  Note that *proxy* authentication is not supported in this
+release; you can only authenticate to the target web site.

 
 ** Wget no longer truncates partially downloaded files when download
 has to start over because the server doesn't support Range.  Instead,
 
 ** Wget no longer truncates partially downloaded files when download
 has to start over because the server doesn't support Range.  Instead,


@@ -65,9 +80,10 @@ is useful because it allows the user to override non-default behavior
 specified via `.wgetrc'.
 
 ** The new option `--keep-session-cookies' causes `--save-cookies' to
 specified via `.wgetrc'.
 
 ** The new option `--keep-session-cookies' causes `--save-cookies' to

-save session cookies along with the permanent ones.  This is useful on
-sites that require you to log in before you can access some pages.
-With this option, multiple Wget runs will be treated as a single
+save session cookies (normally only kept in memory) along with the
+permanent ones.  Many sites track important information, such as
+whether the user has authenticated, using session cookies.  Using this
+option option allows multiple Wget runs to be treated as a single

 browser session.
 
 * `wget -b' now works correctly under Windows.
 browser session.
 
 * `wget -b' now works correctly under Windows.