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Re: lynx-dev How to visit webpage with HTTP-AUthentication Required ?
From: |
Henry Nelson |
Subject: |
Re: lynx-dev How to visit webpage with HTTP-AUthentication Required ? |
Date: |
Wed, 22 Nov 2000 10:13:43 +0900 (JST) |
> > >http://user_name:address@hidden
>
> This is not valid URL sytax; lynx does not support it, although some other
> software does. The "user_name:Password@" part will basically be ignored
> by lynx. Lynx only recognizes it in the URL scheme for which it is
> actually defined, that is, FTP.
>
> Embedding passwords in URLs is a bad idea.
"Bad" as it is, I have recently wanted to automate the downloading of
the Table of Contents of a journal when e-mail notification that it is
ready comes in. It's not as if the login name and password are overly
sensitive information. Wasn't there a way to "feed" the login name and
password to Lynx from the command line or from a file? If there is,
could you remind us how to do that? Thanks.
__Henry
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