Re: [SLE] Wget question

From: John Lamb (J.D.Lamb_at_btinternet.com)
Date: 12/04/03

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    Bruce Marshall wrote:
    > Anyone know if Wget can be made to pass a userid and a password in a form in
    > order to get in to a site and grab the pages?
    >
    > (no I'm not trying to crack anything... just trying to automate a process)
    >

    If the form is a standard http-authentication popup you can use the
    --http-user or --http-passwd options. The details are in the man pages
    (man wget). This is fairly common for 'internal' sites.

    If the form is on a web page, you'll probably need more work. 

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