Hi I have a servlet who's only job is to take some parameters, query a couple of databases based on these parameters and based on the results of the queries, dynamically generate a URL of an external web based system. This external web based system is password protected so I am putting the username and password in the URL: http://<username>:<password>@myserver.co.uk/folder/folder/etc Once the servlet has generated the URL, it redirects the browser to this URL. The problem I am having is that the external system is prompting me for a username and password before it will let the browser through. The strange thing is that if I take the URL generated by the servlet and paste it straight into the address bar in my browser, it lets me through no problem without prompting for the username and password. Is there any difference between the system being accessed from the browser and a redirect being sent from the server ?? TIA Lee Turner Systems Developer Gilchrist Bros Ltd ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html
