Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 16:56:31 +0930 From: Adam Smith <adam@internode.com.au> To: Mark Jayson Alvarez <jay2xra@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using fetch in http server that requires authentication Message-ID: <20041005072631.GD42241@internode.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20041005071245.14851.qmail@web51605.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20041005071245.14851.qmail@web51605.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 12:12:45AM -0700, Mark Jayson Alvarez said: > Hi, > I want to use fetch to get some files from our http > snap server but it requires username and password; > > Here's the details > > username: renem > password: mhall[;] fetch http://renem:mhall\[\;\]@yoursnapserver.com/file.txt > I also noticed the password contains special characters, but I don't know > if they'll have to be escaped. Perhaps you do. Any idea? thanks. They will. I have escaped them by prefixing a \ symbol before them. I suggest after this post you change the password. Even though you haven't provided us with much more detail, posting a username and password and saying "These are the credentials for our SNAP server" is a big security risk, as someone evil might know you by name :) -- Adam Smith Internode : http://www.internode.on.net Phone : (08) 8228 2999 Dog for sale: Eats lots and is fond of children.
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