Re: lynx-dev How to visit webpage with HTTP-AUthentication Required ?

[Klaus Weide]

On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, Fiber McGee wrote:

> The message below from address@hidden
> was forwarded by one of the list maintainers.
> 
> >Hello sir,
> >
> >Im visiting a webpage which requires HTTP-Authentication. but lynx is not 
> >asking me any password but giving the direct error that this is forbidden.
> >
> >I have tried to access that website with this link also but its again not 
> >working

HTTP Authentication in lynx works; it is impossible to help further
without more concrete information about your problem.

> >
> >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.

  Klaus


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