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@@ -2388,6 +2388,8 @@ copyparty returns a truncated sha512sum of your PUT/POST as base64; you can gene
 
 you can provide passwords using header `PW: hunter2`, cookie `cppwd=hunter2`, url-param `?pw=hunter2`, or with basic-authentication (either as the username or password)
 
+> for basic-authentication, all of the following are accepted: `password` / `whatever:password` / `password:whatever` (the username is ignored)
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 NOTE: curl will not send the original filename if you use `-T` combined with url-params! Also, make sure to always leave a trailing slash in URLs unless you want to override the filename