going in without authentication window

[effennel]

Here is my case:

I have cgi-1 from wich I wish to access cgi-2 which is in a protected (.htaccess/.htpasswd) folder.

I already use a db (user/pswd) to access cgi-1. How can cgi-1 access cgi-2 without having to deal with the browser's authentication window?

The combination user/pswd used to access cgi-1 is the same as the content of the .htpasswd file.

Thanks
FNL

 

[waiterm]

If you are accessing it using a url and/or it's a standard pop up authentication window then you can use something along the lines of:

[URL unfurl="true"]http://USERNAME:PASSWORD@www.myurl.co.uk/cgi-bin/cgi-2.ext[/URL]

I'm sure if you are just calling the file without using a url (i.e. in an include) then there's something similar.

Rob Waite

http://www.hostpipe.co.uk?src=TT

 

[effennel]

Isn't it a little weak on security to pass that info int the url?

FNL

 

[waiterm]

It's either that or maybe use a module such as

http://WWW::Mechanize,

see

http://www.cpan.org

or a similar module.

Passing the username/password in a url isn't a great deal different to passing it in one of the popups as I wasn't aware they were encrypted anyway.

Rob Waite

http://www.hostpipe.co.uk?src=TT

 

[PaulTEG]

you could try passing it as a https request??

HTH
--Paul

Nancy Griffith - songstress extraordinaire,
and composer of the snipers anthem "From a distance ...

 

[effennel]

Any suggestion on how to pass it as https?

Never done that before.

thanks
FNL

FNL

 

[PaulTEG]

https:// as opposed to http://

--Paul

Nancy Griffith - songstress extraordinaire,
and composer of the snipers anthem "From a distance ...

 

[effennel]

Thanks. I'll look into that.

FNL

FNL