include username and password in url

[C. M. G.]

For a username/password protected web, is there a way of including the
username and password in the URL so that somebody using that URL does not
have to enter the username/password?

Thanks,

Clem.

 

[Mark Fitzpatrick]

No. The security method that FP uses relies on the web server itself. The
web server then poles the access lists of users for the file system and
determines who can access a page. Passing URLs would violate the security
policies of most operating systems. The only way you would be able to do
this is with your own custom authenticaiton method such as when you have a
custom login page that checks your own database list of users/passwords and
determines who can enter and sets a cookie that each subsequent page can
find and determine if the user is logged in.

Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

 

[C. M. G.]

Thanks, Mark.

Clem.

No. The security method that FP uses relies on the web server itself. The
web server then poles the access lists of users for the file system and
determines who can access a page. Passing URLs would violate the security
policies of most operating systems. The only way you would be able to do
this is with your own custom authenticaiton method such as when you have a
custom login page that checks your own database list of users/passwords
and determines who can enter and sets a cookie that each subsequent page
can find and determine if the user is logged in.

Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage