not running at all and that retries would not help. This option is
for mirroring unreliable sites whose servers tend to disappear for
short periods of time.
+
+@cindex user
+@cindex password
+@cindex authentication
+@item --user=@var{user}
+@itemx --password=@var{password}
+Specify the username @var{user} and password @var{password} for both
+@sc{ftp} and @sc{http} file retrieval. These parameters can be overridden
+using the @samp{--ftp-user} and @samp{--ftp-password} options for
+@sc{ftp} connections and the @samp{--http-user} and @samp{--http-password}
+options for @sc{http} connections.
@end table
@node Directory Options
@cindex http password
@cindex authentication
@item --http-user=@var{user}
-@itemx --http-passwd=@var{password}
+@itemx --http-password=@var{password}
Specify the username @var{user} and password @var{password} on an
@sc{http} server. According to the type of the challenge, Wget will
encode them using either the @code{basic} (insecure) or the
@cindex proxy password
@cindex proxy authentication
@item --proxy-user=@var{user}
-@itemx --proxy-passwd=@var{password}
+@itemx --proxy-password=@var{password}
Specify the username @var{user} and password @var{password} for
authentication on a proxy server. Wget will encode them using the
@code{basic} authentication scheme.
-Security considerations similar to those with @samp{--http-passwd}
+Security considerations similar to those with @samp{--http-password}
pertain here as well.
@cindex http referer
@section FTP Options
@table @samp
-@cindex password, FTP
-@item --ftp-passwd=@var{string}
-Set the default FTP password to @var{string}. Without this, or the
-corresponding startup option, the password defaults to @samp{-wget@@},
-normally used for anonymous FTP.
+@cindex ftp user
+@cindex ftp password
+@cindex ftp authentication
+@item --ftp-user=@var{user}
+@itemx --ftp-password=@var{password}
+Specify the username @var{user} and password @var{password} on an
+@sc{ftp} server. Without this, or the corresponding startup option,
+the password defaults to @samp{-wget@@}, normally used for anonymous
+FTP.
+
+Another way to specify username and password is in the @sc{url} itself
+(@pxref{URL Format}). Either method reveals your password to anyone who
+bothers to run @code{ps}. To prevent the passwords from being seen,
+store them in @file{.wgetrc} or @file{.netrc}, and make sure to protect
+those files from other users with @code{chmod}. If the passwords are
+really important, do not leave them lying in those files either---edit
+the files and delete them after Wget has started the download.
+
+For more information about security issues with Wget, @xref{Security
+Considerations}.
@cindex .listing files, removing
@item --no-remove-listing
If set to on, force the input filename to be regarded as an @sc{html}
document---the same as @samp{-F}.
-@item ftp_passwd = @var{string}
+@item ftp_password = @var{string}
Set your @sc{ftp} password to @var{string}. Without this setting, the
password defaults to @samp{-wget@@}, which is a useful default for
anonymous @sc{ftp} access.
Use @var{string} as @sc{ftp} proxy, instead of the one specified in
environment.
+@item ftp_user = @var{string}
+Set @sc{ftp} user to @var{string}.
+
+This command used to be named @code{login} prior to Wget 1.10.
+
@item glob = on/off
Turn globbing on/off---the same as @samp{--glob} and @samp{--no-glob}.
Turn the keep-alive feature on or off (defaults to on). Turning it
off is equivalent to @samp{--no-http-keep-alive}.
-@item http_passwd = @var{string}
+@item http_password = @var{string}
Set @sc{http} password, equivalent to
-@samp{--http-passwd=@var{string}}.
+@samp{--http-password=@var{string}}.
@item http_proxy = @var{string}
Use @var{string} as @sc{http} proxy, instead of the one specified in
@item logfile = @var{file}
Set logfile to @var{file}, the same as @samp{-o @var{file}}.
-@item login = @var{string}
-Your user name on the remote machine, for @sc{ftp}. Defaults to
-@samp{anonymous}.
-
@item mirror = on/off
Turn mirroring on/off. The same as @samp{-m}.
firewall does not allow this, you can set @samp{passive_ftp = never}
to override the command-line.
+@itemx password = @var{string}
+Specify password @var{string} for both @sc{ftp} and @sc{http} file retrieval.
+This command can be overridden using the @samp{ftp_password} and
+@samp{http_password} command for @sc{ftp} and @sc{http} respectively.
+
@item post_data = @var{string}
Use POST as the method for all HTTP requests and send @var{string} in
the request body. The same as @samp{--post-data=@var{string}}.
Set proxy authentication user name to @var{string}, like
@samp{--proxy-user=@var{string}}.
-@item proxy_passwd = @var{string}
+@item proxy_password = @var{string}
Set proxy authentication password to @var{string}, like
-@samp{--proxy-passwd=@var{string}}.
+@samp{--proxy-password=@var{string}}.
@item quiet = on/off
Quiet mode---the same as @samp{-q}.
variables are set. In that case it is the same as using
@samp{--no-proxy}.
+@item user = @var{string}
+Specify username @var{string} for both @sc{ftp} and @sc{http} file retrieval.
+This command can be overridden using the @samp{ftp_user} and
+@samp{http_user} command for @sc{ftp} and @sc{http} respectively.
+
@item verbose = on/off
Turn verbose on/off---the same as @samp{-v}/@samp{-nv}.
Alternatively, you may use the @samp{proxy-user} and
@samp{proxy-password} options, and the equivalent @file{.wgetrc}
-settings @code{proxy_user} and @code{proxy_passwd} to set the proxy
+settings @code{proxy_user} and @code{proxy_password} to set the proxy
username and password.
@node Distribution
projects / wget / blobdiff