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note httpauth weirdness

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@ -26,3 +26,8 @@ PS: the user is authenticated via 'httpauth', would that make a difference?
> --[[smcv]]
>> That was my initial setup but it wasn't working and I got caught-up on the `banned_user` idea. It would seem I was getting tricked by some credential-caching-weirdness. Fired up another browser and `locked_pages` works perfectly. Thanks. -- fergus
>>> Browsers generally remember HTTP auth credentials until they're closed
>>> or get a 401 error, and don't generally have a way to "log out".
>>> As far as I'm aware, there's nothing that [[plugins/httpauth]] can
>>> do about that. --[[smcv]]