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Re: curl with .htaccess files

From: Ryan <rcdetert_at_ucdavis.edu>
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 11:55:36 -0800 (PST)

>> I need to load a page that resides in a directory with a .htaccess file. Is
>> it possible for curl to authenticate so I can load the page?
>
>Yes it is. But you can configure different kinds of authentications with
>.htaccess so we can't tell you exactly what options you need. I suggest >you
>read the curl man page.

 
Ok, I read through the man page again. I still can't figure out how to pass
my username and password. I grabbed the HTTP header and this is what it
returns. Looks like it is using basic authentication.

HTTP/1.1 401 Authorization Required
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 19:49:06 GMT
Server: Apache/1.3.33 (Unix) mod_auth_passthrough/1.8 mod_log_bytes/1.2
mod_bwlimited/1.4 PHP/4.3.10 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 mod_ssl/2.8.22 OpenSSL/0.9.6b
WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="meshtrak_cvs"
Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
Received on 2005-03-17