Re: [Bug-wget] Wget username password download problem

[Micah Cowan]

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gopi nath wrote:
>     I’m using wget 1.11.4b (Windows) for downloading files from
>     websites.  One particular site requires user credentials (username &
>     password) for downloading a file.
> 
>     Below is the syntax which I’ve tried in command line:
> 
>     wget -nd --http-user=jcfs0156 --http-password=password1
>     http://soci.ucalgary.ca/jcfs/system/files/Spring2009.pdf (password1
>     is dummy password)
> 
>     But the following error message is displayed:

>     HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 403 Forbidden

Unfortunately, this site apparently issues 403 forbidden to
HTTP/1.0-only clients (that's really the wrong response code to send).
Wget doesn't currently support HTTP/1.1, so we get that response.

You'll need to use a different tool, I'm afraid. Perhaps have a look at
"curl"?

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Micah J. Cowan
Programmer, musician, typesetting enthusiast, gamer.
Maintainer of GNU Wget and GNU Teseq
http://micah.cowan.name/
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