[Gllug] Http Auth

[Jason Clifford]

On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Luke Hopkins wrote:

> Sorry to be asking such a simple one, google has let me down :-(
> We have an automated posting system (HTTP POST), most sites use fairly
> standard auth (posting name/value pairs into a script), how do I post
> past htaccess? Putting the user/pass on the url isn't an option here
> (http://user:pass@www.domain.com/script.php), are there some field names
> I can use (eg http://www.domain.com/script.php?user=username&pass=pass)?
> Are there 'default' field names for htaccess under apache?

What language are you using for the script?

Most scripting languages will allow you to specify the auth username and 
password to be used. You should not be entering them into the URL for HTTP 
authentication.

Jason Clifford
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