Hi, could you please provide the output of wget -d ?
With the same version of Wget (1.13.4-3 on Wheezy) Basic Auth seems to work: $ wget http://user:123@blitz-lx/protected_basic/xxx --2013-06-10 16:28:12-- http://user:*password*@blitz-lx/protected_basic/xxx Resolving blitz-lx (blitz-lx)... 192.1.11.218 Connecting to blitz-lx (blitz-lx)|192.1.11.218|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 401 Unauthorized Reusing existing connection to blitz-lx:80. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 13 Saving to: `xxx' 100%[===========================================================================>] 13 --.-K/s in 0s 2013-06-10 16:28:12 (1.23 MB/s) - `xxx' saved [13/13] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org