Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: can I specify authorisation in webdav?

[Robert Collins]

On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 01:37, Pau Aliagas wrote:
> On Wed, 1 Oct 2003, Jan Hudec wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 11:18:00 +0200, Pau Aliagas wrote:
> > > 
> > > I want to setup a mirror using webdav, but with basic ordigest 
> > > authentication. Can I specify somehow user and password?
> > > 
> > > This is the error I get:
> > > webdav error (pfs_mkdir): {archives} (401 Authorization Required)
> > > 
> > > I've tried http://address@hidden/url without success.
> > 
> > I would expect http://user:address@hidden/... or
> > http://address@hidden/...
> > 
> > Looking at the source, @ definitely separates user+passwd from hostname,
> > but I can't see the character separating user and passwd.
> 
> None of these work. It gets the user but not the password, so it cannot be 
> used to mirror via webdav. I'm using digest authentication.

The syntax is:
http://user:address@hidden/path/

I use this successfully with basic authentication.

Cheers,
Rob
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