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docs/podman-login: Give an example of writing the persistent path 

The way `podman login` works by default is fundamentally different
from `docker login` and this causes a lot of confusion, and I
have seen multiple bad suggestions for ways to address this
such as setting `XDG_RUNTIME_DIR`.

Let's document up front how to write to the persistent path.

Signed-off-by: Colin Walters <walters@verbum.org>
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@ -69,7 +69,10 @@ print detailed information about credential store
## EXAMPLES
Add login credentials for specified registry to default authentication file.
Add login credentials for specified registry to default authentication file;
note that unlike the `docker` default, the default credentials are under `$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR`
which is a subdirectory of `/run` (an emphemeral directory) and hence do not persist across reboot.
```
$ podman login quay.io
Username: umohnani
@ -77,6 +80,16 @@ Password:
Login Succeeded!
```
To explicitly preserve credentials across reboot, you will need to specify
the default persistent path:
```
$ podman login --authfile ~/.config/containers/auth.json quay.io
Username: umohnani
Password:
Login Succeeded!
```
Add login credentials using specified username and password for local registry to default authentication file.
```
$ podman login -u testuser -p testpassword localhost:5000