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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I tried
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<p class="MsoNormal">$XYMON/etc/netrc and $XYMON/etc/.netrc<span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">And xymon user homedir both netrc and .netrc<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">Also set chmod 600 to all the files<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 found a different end point on the webserver (Windows, not IIS) that doesn’t require authentication that I can use in the test.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Seems to be doing the job.<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">Thanx everyone for your guidance, much appreciated.<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"> Jeremy Laidman <jeremy@laidman.org>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, 19 March 2021 08:12<br>
<b>To:</b> Chris Pretorius <chrisp@lightstone.co.za><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Xymon Mailing List <xymon@xymon.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Xymon] Hide usernam and password in http test<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The online manpage (probably the most up-to-date) says that the netrc file is in $XYMON/etc/netrc - note that there is no dot in the filename.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://xymon.sourceforge.io/xymon/help/manpages/man1/xymonnet.1.html">https://xymon.sourceforge.io/xymon/help/manpages/man1/xymonnet.1.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 at 22:45, Chris Pretorius <<a href="mailto:chrisp@lightstone.co.za">chrisp@lightstone.co.za</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Hi</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Im running a xymon server installed from the Terabithia repository</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Release: xymon-4.3.30-1</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><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.
<a href="https://server/page.htm?user=User&password=p@sw0rd" target="_blank">https://server/page.htm?user=User&password=p@sw0rd</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><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</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Which directory should the file be stored on the server.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Best regards</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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