From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 5 07:12:49 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED06A16A4CE for ; Tue, 5 Oct 2004 07:12:49 +0000 (GMT) Received: from web51605.mail.yahoo.com (web51605.mail.yahoo.com [206.190.38.210]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7633A43D1F for ; Tue, 5 Oct 2004 07:12:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jay2xra@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20041005071245.14851.qmail@web51605.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [202.90.128.28] by web51605.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 05 Oct 2004 00:12:45 PDT Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 00:12:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Mark Jayson Alvarez To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Using fetch in http server that requires authentication X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 07:12:50 -0000 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[;] How will I tell fetch to use those details and automatically provide it when the server asks for it? The reason why I want to do this is because I want the task to become automated during boot time. 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. -jay _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com