Can Perl auto logon to an htaccess protected page

[JamSnax]

I have a perl site which authenticates the user. As part of the application I would like to have Perl find and open a document (PDF) that is in a .htaccess protected folder for that customer.

The problem is that since I have already authenticated the user, he shouldn't have to be presented with the user/password challenge again. In my case, my perl application already has access to the username and password because they are stored in a db.

The challenge, then, is to somehow have perl go through the challenge behind the scenes instead of the user having to see the clunky dialog.

Any ideas?

 

[PaulTEG]

You could bury this in frames, but how security conscious are you?

Perl accepts the authentication, and then redirects to a page with the username & password embedded in the link

e.g

http://paul:password@thereallysecretarchives.com/protectedfolder

HTH
Paul

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