Re: LYNX-DEV Is there a way to send "username" only without "password"?

[Foteos Macrides]

Nelson Henry Eric <address@hidden> wrote:
>I was trying to enter "http://www.iosnet.ne.jp/";.  You can enter
>this site by typing in a username of "guest" and leaving the pass-
>word blank.  Lynx2.7.1ac-0.60 doesn't seem to have a way to do
>this.  If you enter only the username, and hit return on the password,
>i.e., leave it blank, you get a prompt "Proceed without a username
>and password? y/n".  It seems that Lynx is sending neither if you
>press "y", exactly as the prompt indicates.  Shouldn't Lynx send
>at least what was filled in?

        Use "guest" as the password.  If the password doesn't matter,
you can enter anything.  Lynx treats either a blank username or a
blank password response at their prompts as a cancel.

                                Fote

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