I've never seen that method for logging into a website before (ftp, yes, but http, never); when I tried it in Opera and Internet Explorer, it didn't work. In any event, it strikes me as a really bad idea, since the username and password will probably get recorded in the web access logs, available for anyone on the machine to read.
What we do is simply accept 403 as an okay error code in https.monitor. If the server returns "Access denied", it means the server is up and running, and that authentication is working as it should, which is all we care about. If you want to test the availability of pages on that server, or test that an application is dynamically creating pages as it should, then you may want to write a specific monitor to test the content and/or the web application, using perl and libwwww, for example (which will permit you to log in with a username and password -- easier than sending the appropiate HTTP headers yourself). It helps us to pinpoint problems if we separate monitorization of the web server from monitorization of content on that webserver; if the HTTP monitor is okay, but our test for content on a specific page fails, then we know that the problem is in the application that generated that content, and not a problem with the webserver itself. HTH, -- Scott Scott Prater Dpto. Sistemas [EMAIL PROTECTED] SERVICOM 2000 Av. Primado Reig, 189 entlo. 46020 Valencia - Spain Tel. (+34) 96 332 12 00 Fax. (+34) 96 332 12 01 www.servicom2000.com -----Mensaje original----- De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] nombre de Don 'Duck' Harper Enviado el: jueves, 25 de septiembre de 2003 3:16 Para: Andreas Freyvogel CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: Re: pass username and password to https.monitor I would imagine that is you specified the URL as: https://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ it should work for you... Don On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 16:45, Andreas Freyvogel wrote: > Can anyone tell me if it is possible to pass a username and password to the > https.monitor? As it is now, when I try and monitor my website, it fails > with Access Denied. > > Thank you in advance for any assistance. > -Andreas > > _______________________________________________ > mon mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/mon -- Don Harper, RHCE, MCSE email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just a systems kinda guy... http://www.duckland.org If you consult enough experts, you can confirm any opinion. This email was sent from Solid Systems's Austin Office. _______________________________________________ mon mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/mon _______________________________________________ mon mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/mon
