Re: Firefox 2.0.0.5 handling of binary files

On 2007-07-30 20:27:48 +0100, Clive <c_barrows@xxxxxxxxxxx> said:

Thanks, Roger, but that is exactly what I did do. When I tried your
example, it worked immediately, and I received dozens of lines, ending
with:

Try making the "i" a capital "I", and putting a space between it and the URL.

curl -I http://....

Most Unix tools have case-sensitive options, and spaces are important as they separate parameters passed into them.

So, I still don't see how Terminal is going to get into an https
server without a login and password. (If it's that easy, any hacker
could do it without either!)

I think you're getting confused. https is just a way of verifying that the server is the one you think it is, and that the connection between you and it is encrypted. There's no requirement for it to be used with usernames and passwords.

curl supports usernames and passwords as well though, using the standard basic authentication scheme. Type:

curl -u "username:password" -I https://.....

If that doesn't work, then you may need to explain how you'd enter the username and password when going to the site in your web browser.

Cheers,

Chris

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