The file needs to readable only by the user.
On Thu, 18 Mar 2021, 14:43 KING, KEVIN, <user-ca972c0c43a8@xymon.invalid> wrote:
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.
-Kevin
*From:* Xymon <xymon-bounces at xymon.com> *On Behalf Of *Chris Pretorius
*Sent:* Thursday, March 18, 2021 7:35 AM
*To:* Xymon Mailing List <xymon at xymon.com>
*Subject:* [Xymon] Hide usernam and password in http test
Hi
Im running a xymon server installed from the Terabithia repository
Release: xymon-4.3.30-1
I added a http test that requires basic authentication. The password has
special characters.
The test works when I add the username and password in the full url, ie.
https://server/page.htm?user=User&password=p at sw0rd
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/server/page.htm?user=User&password=p at sw0rd__;!!BhdT!374AslU01M-gavchN3GUGqP8XwfFNgqNoCReWupQ1GONsSAa_U5Dw_ifFODBWQ$>
The man pages mention a file ~/.netrc where you can store username and
password for basic authentication
Which directory should the file be stored on the server.
Best regards