authenticating HTTP connections without user interaction

[Best, Jan-Pascal van]

Hi there,

Is there a way, when opening a HTTP/webdav connection, 
to provide a username/password? I tried adding them to 
the URL, but that way they aren't remembered for 
future connections. Besides, I don't like cleartext 
passwords in log files, where URLs are recorded. Is 
there a metadata somewhere that can be used? I looked 
at the http.cc sources, but could not find anything 
there. Maybe user/password pairs can be added to 
the kpasswd dcopserver? 

Thanks for any reply,

Jan-Pascal

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Jan-Pascal van Best
Delft University of Technology
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