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Old 06-17-2007   #5 (permalink)
Jim


 
 

Re: password bypass?

Back in the old days you used to be able to specifiy
http://userassword@websiteurl.com

e.g. http://joe:banana@www.microsoft.com

No idea if you can still do that though....


Jim

On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 13:10:21 GMT, kjk <kjkREMOVE@usa.com> wrote:

>This would not be to bypass a login box located on a web page, this
>would be to bypass the operating system login dialog box. The purpose
>for this is that we have a password protected family website which
>calls up the Windows login dialog box. One family member doesn't have
>a real computer. He uses WebTV. When he attempts to go to the site,
>he can't reach it because WebTV apparently doesn't contain the
>password dialog box that's part of the Windows and Mac operating
>systems.
>
>Ken
>
>--------------------
>
>On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 07:59:01 -0700, Malke <notreally@invalid.invalid>
>wrote:
>
>>kjk wrote:
>>> Hi Folks,
>>>
>>> Does anybody know if a URL can be structured in a way that includes a
>>> username and password, in order to bypass the Windows password dialog
>>> box, and go directly to a password protected web page?
>>>
>>> Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks.

>>
>>I don't quite understand your question. If you are trying to access a
>>password-protected webpage and that webpage puts up a logon box in your
>>browser, that isn't coming from Windows. It is coming from the webpage
>>and is displayed in your browser. To access the webpage, you will need
>>the username and password you set up when you registered at the website.
>>
>>
>>Malke

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