Re: spoofing HTTP auth

send the username and password in the request in the standard format: http://user:pass@hostname.domain.com/some/path/to/file I think this is probably all your web browser does after you type in the user and pass into the popup box anyway - but the http rfc/s will confirm jason > Okay, I've read all I could find on the archive regarding HTTP auth, and it > seems we can't separate the pop-up box from the authentication, because the > pop-up box is part of the client, correct? But, what if PHP is the client, > that is, using fopen to open a url that requires http auth? Can I somehow > send a user name and pass to that URL. > > Here's the long version.... > I have a portal that authenticates a user and pass by attempting a > connection to a Lotus Domino Server via POP3. This works. (Beautifully, I > might add.) This same user and pass is used to authenticate users > connecting to other Notes resources on the same server. However, if I link > to the nsf files directly I get pop-up boxes. This is one problem I'd like > to solve by somehow authenticating in the background maybe? Other issue is > that there are notes resources such as calendars and todo lists that I can > get and use but directly in the portal, but again, only if the user has been > authenticated. > > Any suggestions, hints, or sympathy is welcome... > > Oh yeah, I already tried the don't use Notes method. Got that, thanks.... > > -David > > David Knape > Web Application / Multimedia Developer > > dave@tkdave.com > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >