For passwords in URLs the form,
<protocol>://<username>:<password>@<hostname>/<file>
is often used. eg,
ftp://aid:#####@ewe.noc.u-net.net/
with my paswd replaced by #s ;-)
aid
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On Fri, 24 Sep 1999, Philip Hazel wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Sep 1999, Pete Naylor wrote:
>
> > The current requirement of referring to a lookup as a URL restricts some
> > usage. My issue (which is different from the one which prompted your
> > message above) is that there is no way to authenticate and bind as the URL
> > format does not provide a means for providing a password.
>
> I've in fact noted this requirement as well. It should be possible to
> add some configuration options along the same lines as the option that
> lists LDAP servers, and indeed to add them to the server list. I will
> look into that when I get to it.
>
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> Philip Hazel University of Cambridge Computing Service,
> ph10@??? Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714.
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