How to enter in .htaccess dir with .....

Anon

Hi all,
I have a directory of which I have protected with .htaccess file, But if I want to enter into this Directory without anuthentication Dialogue box..how could I do that.. Can I pass my user name and password with Query string ??
Actully I want to save my files on my server in a protected directory.. but whenever my programme runs from other non protected directories it can be able to access some files from my protected directory without any authentication .. Will I have to pass any querystring for that ??

thanx
Tabish

dcomartin

I believe if you access that directory via a URL then you can pass the username and passward in the url.

Example:

http://derek:password@www.website.com

I believe it is something similar to this. Anyone know if this is correct or not?

xzilla

That syntax should work fine, though depending on apache configuration YMMV.

rexmoleculorum

I have a question regarding this? if I am passing the username and password to the page, how do I sheild the username information from diplaying in the address. Here is a simple example. I am sending posts to this tiny script:

@header("Location: http://$username:$password@www.host.com/protected_directory/");
exit();

What I end up with in the address bar in the browser is http://$username:$password@www.host.com/protected_directory/. It kind of defeats the purpose. Is there a way to prevent this?