bypassing apache's authentication dialog

hi, im making a portal site in php using sessions where users are required to log in. For certain users who has logged, there is a link in their page leading to a separate url that is restricted with apache's htaccess. The username db htaccess uses is synchronized with my own user table, but i do not have control over the design of the htaccess-protected page. So whenever the logged user clicks on the url, he will be asked again for his username and password (courtesy of apache, not php sessions). Is there a way i can bypass this apache username/password dialog box by perhaps supplying the username/password in some way? i find it quite annoying for users to supply their username/password again. i could have revised the page to be a part of my portal and thus be controlled by my sessions, but unfortunately, i really have no control over that page, so ill just work around htaccess. Any ideas? Omar Mercado __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/