[COLUG] use wget to download a password web page

[Matthew W. Miller]

On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 02:44:15PM -0500, Vincent Herried wrote:
> I'm trying to use wget to access my account with
> the columbus library web page.
> 
> Anyone had any success with wget reading
> a password protected web page?

Yes, though I haven't tried CML's login system specifically.
--http-user and --http-password (or the 'user at password:...' method) can
be used for HTTP authentication; if the server's trying to set cookies,
use the --load-cookies and --save-cookies options to point to a file to
stash 'em in.  You'll have to analyze the login form's HTML code to see
exactly what it's expecting.
-- 
Matthew W. Miller <mwmiller at columbus.rr.com>
Greylisting sucks!  http://taint.org/2003/10/14/212147a.html