Re: [Bug-wget] what is the correct way to pass authentication information

[Micah Cowan]

Norman Khine wrote:
> hello,
> i can download the page using:
> 
> $ wget http://username:address@hidden/file.html
> 
> but when i try to convert the links and download all the images it
> doesn't work and i get an error.
> 
> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 401 Authorization Required
> Authorization failed.
> 
> what is the correct way to pass authentication information and
> download all the files for each url that is in my url.txt file
> 
> -p --convert-links -i ../url.txt

That method should work, though --user and --password are the preferred
method.

Perhaps username and/or password contain special characters that would
need to be percent-encoded?

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Micah J. Cowan
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