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Old 05-05-2007   #7 (permalink)
Don Jones [MVP]


 
 

Re: How to pass credentials to Authentication Window on the web.

You can't, at least not using what's built into PowerShell. It doesn't have
any way of activating that GUI dialog box and sending keystrokes to it.

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Don Jones
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Co-Author: "Windows PowerShell: TFM"

"Vlince" <Vlince@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4420ECDC-7DF4-4038-B569-3D1B90235A62@microsoft.com...
> Hello all,
>
> In powershell, how can I pass the credentials to a authenticaiton window
> of
> a web site.
>
> Assuming I wish to nagivate to www.yahoo.com/admin and I get prompted for
> the network username and password, how can I provide these two fields with
> the proper value from PowerShell without being prompted for the dialog
> window.
>
> I know I'll have to save the password in some secure file but for now I
> just
> want to know if its fesable.
>
> Thanks in advance
>


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