RFC2617 specifically allows http authentication with no username and or no password.
ie the following are valid: user "" password "joe" user "joe" password "" and user "" password "" Rob -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/