Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 09:41:18 -0400 (EDT) From: "Charles Ulrich" <charles@idealso.com> To: "Adam Smith" <adam@internode.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using fetch in http server that requires authentication Message-ID: <38373.24.11.146.21.1096983678.squirrel@24.11.146.21> In-Reply-To: <20041005072631.GD42241@internode.com.au> References: <20041005071245.14851.qmail@web51605.mail.yahoo.com> <20041005072631.GD42241@internode.com.au>
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Adam Smith said: > 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 :) This may depend on your shell, but you could also escape the whole thing at once with quotes on each end: fetch 'http://renem:mhall[;]@yoursnapserver.com/file.txt' This is often easier and less to type if there are more than 2 characters to be escaped. -- Charles Ulrich System Administrator Ideal Solution, LLC - http://www.idealso.com
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