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[DOCS] Improve documentation around Remote-User and Remote-Groups usage. (#1091)

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* [DOCS] Improve documentation around Remote-User and Remote-Groups usage.

* Update docs/deployment/supported-proxies/index.md

Co-authored-by: Amir Zarrinkafsh <nightah@me.com>
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@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ appear in the configuration examples.
The only way Authelia can share information about the authenticated user currently is through the use of two HTTP headers:
`Remote-User` and `Remote-Groups`.
Those headers are returned by Authelia on requests to `/api/verify` and must be forwarded by the reverse proxy to the backends
needing them.
needing them. The headers will be provided with each call to the backend once the user is authenticated.
Please note that the backend must support the use of those headers to leverage that information, many
backends still don't (and probably won't) support it. However, we are working on solving this issue with OpenID Connect/OAuth2
which is a widely adopted open standard for access delegation.