[Phpwm] .htaccess auth question

[Wayne]

pete graham wrote:
> Does anyone know if it's possible to "post" to a site which has
> .htaccess protection so the pop authorisation box get automatically
> filled out?
>
> Or do I need to generate a page on the site with the password
> protection that will process the post variables, authorise, then
> redirect the user?
>
> I would be interested to hear any other techniques for achieving this.
> The site with the authorisation is on the same server as the site that
> will do the posting but a different virtual host.
>
> Hope this makes sense, I can explain more if needed but didn't want to
> write a super-long email on a monday morning ;-)
>
> Regards, Pete
>
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Won't the browser automatically handle it after the first login?
And wouldn't publishing a 'post to URL' defeat the point in having any 
password protection?