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#73681 19-Dec-2010 16:51
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is there a way of passing though a .htaccess username and password into a URL so the user does not get asked for it?

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  #419122 19-Dec-2010 17:01
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Passing the password through URLs is a security risk....




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  #419123 19-Dec-2010 17:03
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it's only me using the url, is it possible?

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  #419127 19-Dec-2010 17:28
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No, you used to be able to do



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  #419131 19-Dec-2010 17:38
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i knew you use to be able to http://username:passowrd.example.com or something right?

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  #419155 19-Dec-2010 19:01
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It's username:password@yoursite.com...




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