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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Xymon server runs as the xymon user, homedir is /usr/lib/xymon/<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I placed the file there (Perms are xymon:xymon) but still no go<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> KING, KEVIN <KK1051@att.com>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 18 March 2021 14:54<br>
<b>To:</b> Chris Pretorius <chrisp@lightstone.co.za>; Xymon Mailing List <xymon@xymon.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: Hide username and password in http test<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I have not used this, but based on the other items and the writers of the platform, I would put this in the home directory of the user that is running the xymon application.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">-Kevin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Xymon <</span><a href="mailto:xymon-bounces@xymon.com"><span lang="EN-US">xymon-bounces@xymon.com</span></a><span lang="EN-US">>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Chris Pretorius<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 18, 2021 7:35 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Xymon Mailing List <</span><a href="mailto:xymon@xymon.com"><span lang="EN-US">xymon@xymon.com</span></a><span lang="EN-US">><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Xymon] Hide usernam and password in http test<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Hi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Im running a xymon server installed from the Terabithia repository<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Release: xymon-4.3.30-1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">I added a http test that requires basic authentication. The password has special characters.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">The test works when I add the username and password in the full url, ie.
</span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/server/page.htm?user=User&password=p@sw0rd__;!!BhdT!374AslU01M-gavchN3GUGqP8XwfFNgqNoCReWupQ1GONsSAa_U5Dw_ifFODBWQ$"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">https://server/page.htm?user=User&password=p@sw0rd</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">The man pages mention a file ~/.netrc where you can store username and password for basic authentication<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Which directory should the file be stored on the server.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Best regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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