URL and .htaccess

[Bob Bedford]

I've protected a directory with an .htaccess file.

I'd like some of the files in this directory to be accessible by a scheduler
that runs an "URL". The problem is that the scheduler runs scripts in this
directory, so the server asks a username and password. How to avoid this ???
Should I set the .htaccess file to allow GET, but how ??? and what would be
the URL ???

directory tree:

admin
.htaccess
admin.htm //frame
adminmnu.htm //menu in frame
script1.php
script2.php
script3.php
I'd like to run the script from home with a scheduler like:
http://www.mysite.com/admin/script2....password=pass;
username and password being the ones asked in the .htaccess file.

How to do so ?

Bob

[Simon Stienen]

Chung Leong <ch***********@ hotmail.com> wrote:

"Bob Bedford" <be******@YouKn owWhatToDoHereh otmail.com> wrote in message
news:41******** *************** @news.sunrise.c h...

I've protected a directory with an .htaccess file.

I'd like some of the files in this directory to be accessible by a

scheduler

that runs an "URL". The problem is that the scheduler runs scripts in this
directory, so the server asks a username and password. How to avoid this

???

Should I set the .htaccess file to allow GET, but how ??? and what would

be

the URL ???

What exactly is this scheduler?

The MS Windows "equivalent " for cron-jobs, but I don't know, how far the
functionality can compete with crons...
--
Simon Stienen <http://dangerouscat.ne t> <http://slashlife.de>
»What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence,
The question is, what can you make people believe that you have done.«
-- Sherlock Holmes in "A Study in Scarlet" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

[John Dunlop]

Simon Stienen wrote:

Ok, but this RFC is dated 1994,
RFC1738 has been updated by, amongst others, RFC2396 (1998),
the current spec of generic URI syntax. It'd be out of
place to define particular schemes there, but it does warn
against 'the passing of authentication information in clear
text' (sec. 3.2.2).
I guess it will be updated soon,
Don't guess about an RFC's status; search the index.

http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfcsearch.html
since afaik http://user:pass@host/ is inplemented in every important
browser and webspace providers advertise with the so-called "@-domains".

The ABNF in RFC2616, the authoritative reference for HTTP
URI syntax, doesn't allow usernames or passwords (also sec.
3.2.2).

--
Jock

[Chung Leong]

"Simon Stienen" <si***********@ news.slashlife. de> wrote in message
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Chung Leong <ch***********@ hotmail.com> wrote:

"Bob Bedford" <be******@YouKn owWhatToDoHereh otmail.com> wrote in message
news:41******** *************** @news.sunrise.c h...

I've protected a directory with an .htaccess file.

I'd like some of the files in this directory to be accessible by a

scheduler

that runs an "URL". The problem is that the scheduler runs scripts in this directory, so the server asks a username and password. How to avoid

this ???

Should I set the .htaccess file to allow GET, but how ??? and what

would be

the URL ???

What exactly is this scheduler?

The MS Windows "equivalent " for cron-jobs, but I don't know, how far the
functionality can compete with crons...

Schedule wget or Netscape instead of IE and use the
http://user:password@server/ syntax.

[Simon Stienen]

Chung Leong <ch***********@ hotmail.com> wrote:

"Simon Stienen" <si***********@ news.slashlife. de> wrote in message
news:24******** ******@news.dan gerouscat.net.. .

Chung Leong <ch***********@ hotmail.com> wrote:

"Bob Bedford" <be******@YouKn owWhatToDoHereh otmail.com> wrote in message
news:41******** *************** @news.sunrise.c h...
I've protected a directory with an .htaccess file.

I'd like some of the files in this directory to be accessible by a
scheduler
that runs an "URL". The problem is that the scheduler runs scripts in this directory, so the server asks a username and password. How to avoid this ???
Should I set the .htaccess file to allow GET, but how ??? and what would be
the URL ???
What exactly is this scheduler?

The MS Windows "equivalent " for cron-jobs, but I don't know, how far the
functionality can compete with crons...

Schedule wget or Netscape instead of IE and use the
http://user:password@server/ syntax.

_I_ do have an unix server and therefore cron jobs :)
Anyway, the OP doesn't.

Instead of wget or Netscape, he could also call the PHP CLI to generate the
requests...
The one of PEAR should be just fine (never worked with PEAR :S) or any self
written... My own function for this is up at
<http://trashbin.danger ouscat.net/div/webcontent.php. txt>
(Hey, I wrote it for me, so it doesn't need any comments ;P)
--
Simon Stienen <http://dangerouscat.ne t> <http://slashlife.de>
»What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence,
The question is, what can you make people believe that you have done.«
-- Sherlock Holmes in "A Study in Scarlet" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle