Re: [R] passing username and password to source()

Phil Spector wrote: > Ricardo - >If you use cat to look at the variable "request" in the getauth > function that I sent you previously, you'll see exactly what I'm > saying to the server. It's something like this: > > GET /myfile.txt HTTP/1.1 > Host: mycomputer.com > Authorization: Basic dXNl

Re: [R] passing username and password to source()

Phil Spector wrote: > Ricardo - > The authentication can't be done through environmental variables -- > the only way is to send an Authorization header. I believe the > environmental variables that Dieter is thinking of are the ones that > are created on the server side based on the headers

Re: [R] passing username and password to source()

[Ricardo Rodriguez] Your XEN ICT Team xen.net> writes: > But considering I am just newbie, could you point me to any example to > get this working? Thanks! > I was thinking of something like this (note: you must store PassEnv2.r on disk as a file). # File PassEnv.r Sys.setenv(PASSW="mypass"

Re: [R] passing username and password to source()

Richard Rowe wrote: > I think this is a two stage process: > > 1) you need to find what the server requires (check its documentation) > 2) work out how to deliver the appropriate text string from R > > Until you determine step 1, speculating on step 2 is a waste of time, > > Richard > Thanks! This

Re: [R] passing username and password to source()

Dieter Menne wrote: > One way to handle this is to use Sys.setenv/Sys.getenv to pass parameters by > environment. Make sure, however, that this does not violate security, because > these parameter could be read by other programs. A quick workaround would be > that the receiving program immediately

Re: [R] passing username and password to source()

[Ricardo Rodriguez] Your XEN ICT Team xen.net> writes: > Please, is it possible to pass an username and a password to source() to > access code stored in restricted access web server? > > I know I can use commands like... > > > source("http://mire.environmentalchange.net/~webmaster/R/3Dsurfac

Re: [R] passing username and password to source()

[Ricardo Rodriguez] Your XEN ICT Team wrote: > Peter McMahan wrote: > >> try something like this: >> username <- "abc" >> pass <- "123" >> >> source(paste("http://",username,":",pass,"@mire.environmentalchange.net/~webmaster/R/3Dsurface.r",sep="";)) >> >> >> I'm not sure it'll wor

Re: [R] passing username and password to source()

Peter McMahan wrote: > try something like this: > username <- "abc" > pass <- "123" > > source(paste("http://",username,":",pass,"@mire.environmentalchange.net/~webmaster/R/3Dsurface.r",sep="";)) > > > I'm not sure it'll work but it's worth a try. Thanks, Peter. It didn't work. I a

[R] passing username and password to source()

Please, is it possible to pass an username and a password to source() to access code stored in restricted access web server? I know I can use commands like... > source("http://mire.environmentalchange.net/~webmaster/R/3Dsurface.r";) but I am not able to find if it is possible to pass authoriza