[twill] authentication problem

[Tennis Smith]

On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 4:59 PM, James Cameron <james.cameron at hp.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 04:46:12PM -0700, Tennis Smith wrote:
> >    I have a legit id/pswd on the system, but can't figure out how to pass
> >    them via twill.
> >    Anyone have any ideas?
>
> How do you normally present the username and password?
>
> If it is via a pop-up authentication dialog box, then the usual methods
> such as twill-sh's add_auth should work.
>
> If if is via a username and password prompt on a web page, then you have
> to direct twill to fill in the form.

Yes, I have to fill in a form.  Can you point me to an example of how to do
that? THanks. :)


> You will either receive a cookie,
> or a session ID in a redirection.
>
> Everybody does it differently.
>
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