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Providing username and password in the URL

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Hello,

I tried your solution from this topic

https://kb.paessler.com/en/topic/6793-how-to-make-prtg-accessible-by-providing-username-and-password-in-the-url

But it didn't work. When I use for example:

http://127.0.0.1/group.htm?id=0&tabid=1&username=foo&password=bar

Then it opens the login page and ignores my given username and password in the URL.

Thanks a lot, Tal

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Created on Dec 14, 2016 9:07:14 PM



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Did you make sure that the password is actually correct? Are there any special characters in your password? I use that authentication method all the time and it surely does work properly :)

Created on Dec 16, 2016 5:48:38 AM by Stephan Linke [Paessler Support]



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Yes, I use the korrekt password and username. Both of dem have a "." In them and nothing special beside that. The only different thing that I do is to open 2 pages with a different id, because the info on the main page is too big, so I had to split the info and use 2 monitors to show it and avoid using the scrolling option.

Created on Dec 16, 2016 7:39:20 AM

Last change on Dec 16, 2016 7:39:20 AM



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Could you try the passhash (which you can obtain from the account) instead, using the passhash parameter?

Created on Dec 16, 2016 1:17:07 PM by Stephan Linke [Paessler Support]



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Do you mean like this

http://servername:port/group.htm?id=2894&tabid=1&passhash=passhash

If yes then it didn't work as well.

Created on Dec 16, 2016 2:03:24 PM



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Is your server available publicly so I could try with a designated user and password? You can post it here, I won't publish it.

Created on Dec 19, 2016 9:06:01 AM by Stephan Linke [Paessler Support]



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Unfortunately the server is not for public use and is only internal for the company's employees reachable.

Created on Dec 19, 2016 9:21:32 AM



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Bummer. What PRTG version are you actually using?

Created on Dec 19, 2016 9:44:50 AM by Stephan Linke [Paessler Support]



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It's the 14. something, I'm not going to be at work until January 2017 so I can't give you the exact version.

Created on Dec 19, 2016 10:00:48 AM



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Hm, maybe an update might work here - possibly a bug, given that it's at least 2y old :)

Created on Dec 19, 2016 10:35:39 AM by Stephan Linke [Paessler Support]




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