bash authenticate on a server

Shell Programming and Scripting
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Hi

I'd like to use a script bash that every morning automatically get from a server the file i need.
The problem is that i should myself authenticate on a server, i mean i have to insert username and passwd.

Do you know any reference or guide where i can read about?

Thanks

D.

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How do you get that file? FTP, SCP, SFTP, CIFS, NFS, ...?

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Hi

I connect to the server (HTTP) via browser and after login i download the file.

Thanks for reply

D.

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Could you please provide some more information? Because it's unlikely that anyone here has exactly the same system as yours. So:

  • How do you authenticate? HTTP Authentication? Cookies? Something else?
  • How you you locate the file you want? Does it have a static or dynamic URL? Is the filename encoded somewhere in the URL?
  • Is the website pure HTML, or are there nasties like ActiveX, Flash, AJAX, ...

The more information you can provide, the more likely it is that someone here can help you.

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hi sorry, the web server is not mine, i just joined it. Everyday i take the newspaper of the day.

what i can see is that the web site is not pure html but i can see aspx extension, i just go there via http then I login with username and passwd and when i'm inside i can see the newspaper and download it. There are no cookies.
The url seems like be always the same.

hope are the right info you mean

thanks for help

D.