[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I am running into problems using the -dump and -auth options on Lynx
> 2.8.2. I am running on an admittedly ancient platform of SunOS 4.1.4,
> but I do not think that is the issue. When I enter, via a Bourne
> sheel script, the following command at certain hours of the day:
>
> lynx -dump -auth=myID:myPASSWD -width=111
>"http://interactive.wsj.com/documents/djbonds.htm"
>
> I get:
>
> > The page you requested is available only to subscribers.
> >
> > If you're a subscriber...
> >
> > Please enter:
> > User Name: ____________________
> > Password: ____________________
> > Sign On
> > [1]Forgot your User Name or Password?
> > [_] Save my User Name and Password
> > [2]More information about this feature
> > If you're new...
>
> In other words, it has ignored the fact that I have passed these
> identifier data already to their server.
>
> At other times I get a stream of the appropriate data. Would anyone
> have any ideas on how I can track this problem down? I have tried
> "-trace" but it has not given me any insight. The technical support
> people at Interactive WSJ are even less helpful, though I do not
> really know how to describe this to them.
>
> Might this have something to do with java? Has anyone else run into
> similar difficulties trying to use lynx with the -dump option on
> password-protected URLs?
>
> Most grateful for any and all replies,
>
> Scott Fenton
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