How do I provide a username and password to wget?

130

I've tried to connect to a server via wget:

wget http://<user>:<pass>@serveradress

But wget responds: invalid port

I know that the server accepts incoming traffic at port 80.
How can I fix this issue?

edited Jan 7 '14 at 15:56

Braiam

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asked Mar 5 '11 at 2:54

pschmidt

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I don't think you can reliably use the user:pass@name syntax there; wget has separate command line options for those instead, so is probably naively parsing the string after the : as a port number.
– geekosaur
Mar 5 '11 at 3:02

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130

I've tried to connect to a server via wget:

wget http://<user>:<pass>@serveradress

But wget responds: invalid port

I know that the server accepts incoming traffic at port 80.
How can I fix this issue?

edited Jan 7 '14 at 15:56

Braiam

51.5k20136220

asked Mar 5 '11 at 2:54

pschmidt

1,10231213

I don't think you can reliably use the user:pass@name syntax there; wget has separate command line options for those instead, so is probably naively parsing the string after the : as a port number.
– geekosaur
Mar 5 '11 at 3:02

add a comment |

130

I've tried to connect to a server via wget:

wget http://<user>:<pass>@serveradress

But wget responds: invalid port

I know that the server accepts incoming traffic at port 80.
How can I fix this issue?

edited Jan 7 '14 at 15:56

Braiam

51.5k20136220

asked Mar 5 '11 at 2:54

pschmidt

1,10231213

I've tried to connect to a server via wget:

wget http://<user>:<pass>@serveradress

But wget responds: invalid port

I know that the server accepts incoming traffic at port 80.
How can I fix this issue?

wget

edited Jan 7 '14 at 15:56

Braiam

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asked Mar 5 '11 at 2:54

pschmidt

1,10231213

edited Jan 7 '14 at 15:56

Braiam

51.5k20136220

asked Mar 5 '11 at 2:54

pschmidt

1,10231213

edited Jan 7 '14 at 15:56

Braiam

51.5k20136220

edited Jan 7 '14 at 15:56

Braiam

51.5k20136220

edited Jan 7 '14 at 15:56

Braiam

51.5k20136220

asked Mar 5 '11 at 2:54

pschmidt

1,10231213

asked Mar 5 '11 at 2:54

pschmidt

1,10231213

asked Mar 5 '11 at 2:54

pschmidt

1,10231213

I don't think you can reliably use the user:pass@name syntax there; wget has separate command line options for those instead, so is probably naively parsing the string after the : as a port number.
– geekosaur
Mar 5 '11 at 3:02

add a comment |

I don't think you can reliably use the user:pass@name syntax there; wget has separate command line options for those instead, so is probably naively parsing the string after the : as a port number.
– geekosaur
Mar 5 '11 at 3:02

I don't think you can reliably use the user:pass@name syntax there; wget has separate command line options for those instead, so is probably naively parsing the string after the : as a port number.
– geekosaur
Mar 5 '11 at 3:02

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165

Wget interprets <pass>@serveraddress as port. To specify a username and password, use the --user and --password switches:

wget --user user --password pass http://example.com/

From man wget:

--user=user

--password=password

Specify the username user and password password for both FTP and HTTP file retrieval. These parameters can be overridden using the
--ftp-user and --ftp-password options for FTP connections and the --http-user and --http-password options for HTTP connections.

edited Jun 2 '16 at 7:29

MadMike

3,79172244

answered Mar 5 '11 at 8:51

Lekensteyn

120k48263355

33

I prefer the --ask-password option described by Nabil Kadimi's answer. It has you enter the password invisibly on another line and avoids storing it in your shell history.
– Kevin
Apr 8 '14 at 1:23

6

@Kevin You can avoid storing it in the shell history by starting the line with at least one space (as shown by Nabil). If the password/resource is sensitive, then you should worry more about the unencrypted HTTP/FTP/whatever connection than storing it on your disk.
– Lekensteyn
Apr 8 '14 at 8:58

I agree to the unencrypted password issue being more important in some cases than the shell history, but the answer is also useful for secure protocols. Also, sometimes you DO have to worry more about spies that have access to your computer than online spies (that are not interested by the content you're accessing or for which you don't care). The --ask-password answer below is clearly better for interactive usage, while the --password answer here is easier for automation. The comment by Ixgr about .wgetrc and chmod is also interesting in some cases.
– youen
Jul 17 '17 at 12:21

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You have 3 options and here there are in no specific order other than guts feeling:

1/ Password is visible to anyone (using the command `history`)

wget --user=remote_user --password=SECRET ftp://ftp.example.com/file.ext

The password will also be visible in ps, top, htop and similar.

2/ Password is visible to anyone looking behind your shoulders

wget --user=remote_user --password=SECRET ftp://ftp.example.com/file.ext

Notice the white space before the command, it prevents saving it to your history

The password will also be visible in ps, top, htop and similar.

3/ Password is not visible to anyone including you

wget --user=remote_user --ask-password ftp://ftp.example.com/file.ext

Password for user `remote_user': [SECRET (not visible)]

edited Dec 5 '18 at 15:16

Karl Richter

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answered Jan 4 '14 at 11:17

Nabil Kadimi

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5

While it is not visible in history, it is visible to all who conduct a ps, top, htop or similar command while the process is running.
– user412812
May 22 '15 at 20:04

4

@AbdennourTOUMI Why would you disable certificate checks, especially if you are sending a password with the request? That is definitely not advisable in general. As far as "hiding" the password on logs or /proc is concerned, the wget manpage gives an additional option: "To prevent the passwords from being seen, store them in .wgetrc or .netrc, and make sure to protect those files from other users with "chmod"."
– lxgr
Jun 10 '16 at 9:32

2

If --ask-password is not available or you don't want to type the password every time, wget -i link.txt can help, where link.txt contains ftp://remote_user:SECRET@ftp.example.com/file.ext
– tehnicaorg
Apr 27 '18 at 13:57

add a comment |

-2

The command could have used --http-user and --http-password instead of --user and --password. In case of ftp request the options are --ftp-user and --ftp-password.

edited Jun 15 '17 at 13:51

0xF2

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answered Jun 15 '17 at 9:05

Mradul

2

This is not entirely correct: man wget indicates that --user and --password are valid options, which can be overridden by --http-user or --ftp-password
– Charles Green
Jun 15 '17 at 13:04

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This procedure is working ok in Linux server with no GUI if you need to download from web sites (like oracle.com) where you need to login and also accept Oracle rules of usage.

Part - you need machine with GUI or just smartphone only to get final link which you will use to download**

Login to Oracle or whatever site you need login to start downloading something, accept usage rules and start download in Chrome or any other browser and than copy download link from download tab, it should contain authorization parameter. Link should look something like this:

Pause download in Chrome.

Paste that download link to place from where you can wget-it or just type it in if it's not too long.
and just wget that whole link in your Linux machine with:
```
wget http://download.oracle.com/otn/linux/oracle12c/122010/linuxx64_12201_database.zip?AuthParam=1539333101_448acded002c607377c51b62730a816f
```

Works like charm :). I'm downloading Oracle database from:
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/downloads/index.html
to Ubuntu like this.

It's probably not going to work for every case but works fine for my case :)

edited Dec 11 '18 at 7:19

answered Oct 12 '18 at 8:36

Harvey

992

3

One (the crucial, in fact) purpose of wget is to download web content from the commandline without any GUI involved.
– PerlDuck
Oct 12 '18 at 8:48

@PerlDuck It looks like you didn't read my answer at all. You do not need GUI in linux machine for download using this procedure. This procedure only involves GUI for logging and for finding correct link to downloading . Thank you for unreasonable -1.
– Harvey
Dec 11 '18 at 6:19

I didn't downvote your post, sorry.
– PerlDuck
Dec 11 '18 at 9:14

@PerlDuck I'm sorry then. You don't have to downvote, others will do that after they look at your comment/reputation and without reading more than twitter amount of text from my post...
– Harvey
Dec 11 '18 at 11:44

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Wget interprets <pass>@serveraddress as port. To specify a username and password, use the --user and --password switches:

wget --user user --password pass http://example.com/

From man wget:

--user=user

--password=password

Specify the username user and password password for both FTP and HTTP file retrieval. These parameters can be overridden using the
--ftp-user and --ftp-password options for FTP connections and the --http-user and --http-password options for HTTP connections.

edited Jun 2 '16 at 7:29

MadMike

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answered Mar 5 '11 at 8:51

Lekensteyn

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33

I prefer the --ask-password option described by Nabil Kadimi's answer. It has you enter the password invisibly on another line and avoids storing it in your shell history.
– Kevin
Apr 8 '14 at 1:23

6

@Kevin You can avoid storing it in the shell history by starting the line with at least one space (as shown by Nabil). If the password/resource is sensitive, then you should worry more about the unencrypted HTTP/FTP/whatever connection than storing it on your disk.
– Lekensteyn
Apr 8 '14 at 8:58

I agree to the unencrypted password issue being more important in some cases than the shell history, but the answer is also useful for secure protocols. Also, sometimes you DO have to worry more about spies that have access to your computer than online spies (that are not interested by the content you're accessing or for which you don't care). The --ask-password answer below is clearly better for interactive usage, while the --password answer here is easier for automation. The comment by Ixgr about .wgetrc and chmod is also interesting in some cases.
– youen
Jul 17 '17 at 12:21

add a comment |

165

Wget interprets <pass>@serveraddress as port. To specify a username and password, use the --user and --password switches:

wget --user user --password pass http://example.com/

From man wget:

--user=user

--password=password

Specify the username user and password password for both FTP and HTTP file retrieval. These parameters can be overridden using the
--ftp-user and --ftp-password options for FTP connections and the --http-user and --http-password options for HTTP connections.

edited Jun 2 '16 at 7:29

MadMike

3,79172244

answered Mar 5 '11 at 8:51

Lekensteyn

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33

I prefer the --ask-password option described by Nabil Kadimi's answer. It has you enter the password invisibly on another line and avoids storing it in your shell history.
– Kevin
Apr 8 '14 at 1:23

6

@Kevin You can avoid storing it in the shell history by starting the line with at least one space (as shown by Nabil). If the password/resource is sensitive, then you should worry more about the unencrypted HTTP/FTP/whatever connection than storing it on your disk.
– Lekensteyn
Apr 8 '14 at 8:58

I agree to the unencrypted password issue being more important in some cases than the shell history, but the answer is also useful for secure protocols. Also, sometimes you DO have to worry more about spies that have access to your computer than online spies (that are not interested by the content you're accessing or for which you don't care). The --ask-password answer below is clearly better for interactive usage, while the --password answer here is easier for automation. The comment by Ixgr about .wgetrc and chmod is also interesting in some cases.
– youen
Jul 17 '17 at 12:21

add a comment |

165

Wget interprets <pass>@serveraddress as port. To specify a username and password, use the --user and --password switches:

wget --user user --password pass http://example.com/

From man wget:

--user=user

--password=password

Specify the username user and password password for both FTP and HTTP file retrieval. These parameters can be overridden using the
--ftp-user and --ftp-password options for FTP connections and the --http-user and --http-password options for HTTP connections.

edited Jun 2 '16 at 7:29

MadMike

3,79172244

answered Mar 5 '11 at 8:51

Lekensteyn

120k48263355

Wget interprets <pass>@serveraddress as port. To specify a username and password, use the --user and --password switches:

wget --user user --password pass http://example.com/

From man wget:

--user=user

--password=password

Specify the username user and password password for both FTP and HTTP file retrieval. These parameters can be overridden using the
--ftp-user and --ftp-password options for FTP connections and the --http-user and --http-password options for HTTP connections.

edited Jun 2 '16 at 7:29

MadMike

3,79172244

answered Mar 5 '11 at 8:51

Lekensteyn

120k48263355

edited Jun 2 '16 at 7:29

MadMike

3,79172244

edited Jun 2 '16 at 7:29

MadMike

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edited Jun 2 '16 at 7:29

MadMike

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answered Mar 5 '11 at 8:51

Lekensteyn

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answered Mar 5 '11 at 8:51

Lekensteyn

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answered Mar 5 '11 at 8:51

Lekensteyn

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33

I prefer the --ask-password option described by Nabil Kadimi's answer. It has you enter the password invisibly on another line and avoids storing it in your shell history.
– Kevin
Apr 8 '14 at 1:23

6

@Kevin You can avoid storing it in the shell history by starting the line with at least one space (as shown by Nabil). If the password/resource is sensitive, then you should worry more about the unencrypted HTTP/FTP/whatever connection than storing it on your disk.
– Lekensteyn
Apr 8 '14 at 8:58

I agree to the unencrypted password issue being more important in some cases than the shell history, but the answer is also useful for secure protocols. Also, sometimes you DO have to worry more about spies that have access to your computer than online spies (that are not interested by the content you're accessing or for which you don't care). The --ask-password answer below is clearly better for interactive usage, while the --password answer here is easier for automation. The comment by Ixgr about .wgetrc and chmod is also interesting in some cases.
– youen
Jul 17 '17 at 12:21

add a comment |

33

I prefer the --ask-password option described by Nabil Kadimi's answer. It has you enter the password invisibly on another line and avoids storing it in your shell history.
– Kevin
Apr 8 '14 at 1:23

6

@Kevin You can avoid storing it in the shell history by starting the line with at least one space (as shown by Nabil). If the password/resource is sensitive, then you should worry more about the unencrypted HTTP/FTP/whatever connection than storing it on your disk.
– Lekensteyn
Apr 8 '14 at 8:58

I agree to the unencrypted password issue being more important in some cases than the shell history, but the answer is also useful for secure protocols. Also, sometimes you DO have to worry more about spies that have access to your computer than online spies (that are not interested by the content you're accessing or for which you don't care). The --ask-password answer below is clearly better for interactive usage, while the --password answer here is easier for automation. The comment by Ixgr about .wgetrc and chmod is also interesting in some cases.
– youen
Jul 17 '17 at 12:21

I prefer the --ask-password option described by Nabil Kadimi's answer. It has you enter the password invisibly on another line and avoids storing it in your shell history.
– Kevin
Apr 8 '14 at 1:23

@Kevin You can avoid storing it in the shell history by starting the line with at least one space (as shown by Nabil). If the password/resource is sensitive, then you should worry more about the unencrypted HTTP/FTP/whatever connection than storing it on your disk.
– Lekensteyn
Apr 8 '14 at 8:58

I agree to the unencrypted password issue being more important in some cases than the shell history, but the answer is also useful for secure protocols. Also, sometimes you DO have to worry more about spies that have access to your computer than online spies (that are not interested by the content you're accessing or for which you don't care). The --ask-password answer below is clearly better for interactive usage, while the --password answer here is easier for automation. The comment by Ixgr about .wgetrc and chmod is also interesting in some cases.
– youen
Jul 17 '17 at 12:21

add a comment |

You have 3 options and here there are in no specific order other than guts feeling:

1/ Password is visible to anyone (using the command `history`)

wget --user=remote_user --password=SECRET ftp://ftp.example.com/file.ext

The password will also be visible in ps, top, htop and similar.

2/ Password is visible to anyone looking behind your shoulders

wget --user=remote_user --password=SECRET ftp://ftp.example.com/file.ext

Notice the white space before the command, it prevents saving it to your history

The password will also be visible in ps, top, htop and similar.

3/ Password is not visible to anyone including you

wget --user=remote_user --ask-password ftp://ftp.example.com/file.ext

Password for user `remote_user': [SECRET (not visible)]

edited Dec 5 '18 at 15:16

Karl Richter

2,39083568

answered Jan 4 '14 at 11:17

Nabil Kadimi

1,0811816

5

While it is not visible in history, it is visible to all who conduct a ps, top, htop or similar command while the process is running.
– user412812
May 22 '15 at 20:04

4

@AbdennourTOUMI Why would you disable certificate checks, especially if you are sending a password with the request? That is definitely not advisable in general. As far as "hiding" the password on logs or /proc is concerned, the wget manpage gives an additional option: "To prevent the passwords from being seen, store them in .wgetrc or .netrc, and make sure to protect those files from other users with "chmod"."
– lxgr
Jun 10 '16 at 9:32

2

If --ask-password is not available or you don't want to type the password every time, wget -i link.txt can help, where link.txt contains ftp://remote_user:SECRET@ftp.example.com/file.ext
– tehnicaorg
Apr 27 '18 at 13:57

add a comment |

You have 3 options and here there are in no specific order other than guts feeling:

1/ Password is visible to anyone (using the command `history`)

wget --user=remote_user --password=SECRET ftp://ftp.example.com/file.ext

The password will also be visible in ps, top, htop and similar.

2/ Password is visible to anyone looking behind your shoulders

wget --user=remote_user --password=SECRET ftp://ftp.example.com/file.ext

Notice the white space before the command, it prevents saving it to your history

The password will also be visible in ps, top, htop and similar.

3/ Password is not visible to anyone including you

wget --user=remote_user --ask-password ftp://ftp.example.com/file.ext

Password for user `remote_user': [SECRET (not visible)]

edited Dec 5 '18 at 15:16

Karl Richter

2,39083568

answered Jan 4 '14 at 11:17

Nabil Kadimi

1,0811816

5

While it is not visible in history, it is visible to all who conduct a ps, top, htop or similar command while the process is running.
– user412812
May 22 '15 at 20:04

4

@AbdennourTOUMI Why would you disable certificate checks, especially if you are sending a password with the request? That is definitely not advisable in general. As far as "hiding" the password on logs or /proc is concerned, the wget manpage gives an additional option: "To prevent the passwords from being seen, store them in .wgetrc or .netrc, and make sure to protect those files from other users with "chmod"."
– lxgr
Jun 10 '16 at 9:32

2

If --ask-password is not available or you don't want to type the password every time, wget -i link.txt can help, where link.txt contains ftp://remote_user:SECRET@ftp.example.com/file.ext
– tehnicaorg
Apr 27 '18 at 13:57

add a comment |

You have 3 options and here there are in no specific order other than guts feeling:

1/ Password is visible to anyone (using the command `history`)

wget --user=remote_user --password=SECRET ftp://ftp.example.com/file.ext

The password will also be visible in ps, top, htop and similar.

2/ Password is visible to anyone looking behind your shoulders

wget --user=remote_user --password=SECRET ftp://ftp.example.com/file.ext

Notice the white space before the command, it prevents saving it to your history

The password will also be visible in ps, top, htop and similar.

3/ Password is not visible to anyone including you

wget --user=remote_user --ask-password ftp://ftp.example.com/file.ext

Password for user `remote_user': [SECRET (not visible)]

edited Dec 5 '18 at 15:16

Karl Richter

2,39083568

answered Jan 4 '14 at 11:17

Nabil Kadimi

1,0811816

You have 3 options and here there are in no specific order other than guts feeling:

1/ Password is visible to anyone (using the command `history`)

wget --user=remote_user --password=SECRET ftp://ftp.example.com/file.ext

The password will also be visible in ps, top, htop and similar.

2/ Password is visible to anyone looking behind your shoulders

wget --user=remote_user --password=SECRET ftp://ftp.example.com/file.ext

Notice the white space before the command, it prevents saving it to your history

The password will also be visible in ps, top, htop and similar.

3/ Password is not visible to anyone including you

wget --user=remote_user --ask-password ftp://ftp.example.com/file.ext

Password for user `remote_user': [SECRET (not visible)]

edited Dec 5 '18 at 15:16

Karl Richter

2,39083568

answered Jan 4 '14 at 11:17

Nabil Kadimi

1,0811816

edited Dec 5 '18 at 15:16

Karl Richter

2,39083568

edited Dec 5 '18 at 15:16

Karl Richter

2,39083568

edited Dec 5 '18 at 15:16

Karl Richter

2,39083568

answered Jan 4 '14 at 11:17

Nabil Kadimi

1,0811816

answered Jan 4 '14 at 11:17

Nabil Kadimi

1,0811816

answered Jan 4 '14 at 11:17

Nabil Kadimi

1,0811816

5

While it is not visible in history, it is visible to all who conduct a ps, top, htop or similar command while the process is running.
– user412812
May 22 '15 at 20:04

4

@AbdennourTOUMI Why would you disable certificate checks, especially if you are sending a password with the request? That is definitely not advisable in general. As far as "hiding" the password on logs or /proc is concerned, the wget manpage gives an additional option: "To prevent the passwords from being seen, store them in .wgetrc or .netrc, and make sure to protect those files from other users with "chmod"."
– lxgr
Jun 10 '16 at 9:32

2

If --ask-password is not available or you don't want to type the password every time, wget -i link.txt can help, where link.txt contains ftp://remote_user:SECRET@ftp.example.com/file.ext
– tehnicaorg
Apr 27 '18 at 13:57

add a comment |

5

While it is not visible in history, it is visible to all who conduct a ps, top, htop or similar command while the process is running.
– user412812
May 22 '15 at 20:04

4

@AbdennourTOUMI Why would you disable certificate checks, especially if you are sending a password with the request? That is definitely not advisable in general. As far as "hiding" the password on logs or /proc is concerned, the wget manpage gives an additional option: "To prevent the passwords from being seen, store them in .wgetrc or .netrc, and make sure to protect those files from other users with "chmod"."
– lxgr
Jun 10 '16 at 9:32

2

If --ask-password is not available or you don't want to type the password every time, wget -i link.txt can help, where link.txt contains ftp://remote_user:SECRET@ftp.example.com/file.ext
– tehnicaorg
Apr 27 '18 at 13:57

While it is not visible in history, it is visible to all who conduct a ps, top, htop or similar command while the process is running.
– user412812
May 22 '15 at 20:04

@AbdennourTOUMI Why would you disable certificate checks, especially if you are sending a password with the request? That is definitely not advisable in general. As far as "hiding" the password on logs or /proc is concerned, the wget manpage gives an additional option: "To prevent the passwords from being seen, store them in .wgetrc or .netrc, and make sure to protect those files from other users with "chmod"."
– lxgr
Jun 10 '16 at 9:32

If --ask-password is not available or you don't want to type the password every time, wget -i link.txt can help, where link.txt contains ftp://remote_user:SECRET@ftp.example.com/file.ext
– tehnicaorg
Apr 27 '18 at 13:57

add a comment |

-2

The command could have used --http-user and --http-password instead of --user and --password. In case of ftp request the options are --ftp-user and --ftp-password.

edited Jun 15 '17 at 13:51

0xF2

2,35722045

answered Jun 15 '17 at 9:05

Mradul

2

This is not entirely correct: man wget indicates that --user and --password are valid options, which can be overridden by --http-user or --ftp-password
– Charles Green
Jun 15 '17 at 13:04

add a comment |

-2

The command could have used --http-user and --http-password instead of --user and --password. In case of ftp request the options are --ftp-user and --ftp-password.

edited Jun 15 '17 at 13:51

0xF2

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answered Jun 15 '17 at 9:05

Mradul

2

This is not entirely correct: man wget indicates that --user and --password are valid options, which can be overridden by --http-user or --ftp-password
– Charles Green
Jun 15 '17 at 13:04

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-2

The command could have used --http-user and --http-password instead of --user and --password. In case of ftp request the options are --ftp-user and --ftp-password.

edited Jun 15 '17 at 13:51

0xF2

2,35722045

answered Jun 15 '17 at 9:05

Mradul

The command could have used --http-user and --http-password instead of --user and --password. In case of ftp request the options are --ftp-user and --ftp-password.

edited Jun 15 '17 at 13:51

0xF2

2,35722045

answered Jun 15 '17 at 9:05

Mradul

edited Jun 15 '17 at 13:51

0xF2

2,35722045

edited Jun 15 '17 at 13:51

0xF2

2,35722045

edited Jun 15 '17 at 13:51

0xF2

2,35722045

answered Jun 15 '17 at 9:05

Mradul

answered Jun 15 '17 at 9:05

Mradul

answered Jun 15 '17 at 9:05

Mradul

2

This is not entirely correct: man wget indicates that --user and --password are valid options, which can be overridden by --http-user or --ftp-password
– Charles Green
Jun 15 '17 at 13:04

add a comment |

2

This is not entirely correct: man wget indicates that --user and --password are valid options, which can be overridden by --http-user or --ftp-password
– Charles Green
Jun 15 '17 at 13:04

This is not entirely correct: man wget indicates that --user and --password are valid options, which can be overridden by --http-user or --ftp-password
– Charles Green
Jun 15 '17 at 13:04

add a comment |

-2

This procedure is working ok in Linux server with no GUI if you need to download from web sites (like oracle.com) where you need to login and also accept Oracle rules of usage.

Part - you need machine with GUI or just smartphone only to get final link which you will use to download**

Login to Oracle or whatever site you need login to start downloading something, accept usage rules and start download in Chrome or any other browser and than copy download link from download tab, it should contain authorization parameter. Link should look something like this:

Pause download in Chrome.

Paste that download link to place from where you can wget-it or just type it in if it's not too long.
and just wget that whole link in your Linux machine with:
```
wget http://download.oracle.com/otn/linux/oracle12c/122010/linuxx64_12201_database.zip?AuthParam=1539333101_448acded002c607377c51b62730a816f
```

Works like charm :). I'm downloading Oracle database from:
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/downloads/index.html
to Ubuntu like this.

It's probably not going to work for every case but works fine for my case :)

edited Dec 11 '18 at 7:19

answered Oct 12 '18 at 8:36

Harvey

992

3

One (the crucial, in fact) purpose of wget is to download web content from the commandline without any GUI involved.
– PerlDuck
Oct 12 '18 at 8:48

@PerlDuck It looks like you didn't read my answer at all. You do not need GUI in linux machine for download using this procedure. This procedure only involves GUI for logging and for finding correct link to downloading . Thank you for unreasonable -1.
– Harvey
Dec 11 '18 at 6:19

I didn't downvote your post, sorry.
– PerlDuck
Dec 11 '18 at 9:14

@PerlDuck I'm sorry then. You don't have to downvote, others will do that after they look at your comment/reputation and without reading more than twitter amount of text from my post...
– Harvey
Dec 11 '18 at 11:44

add a comment |

-2

This procedure is working ok in Linux server with no GUI if you need to download from web sites (like oracle.com) where you need to login and also accept Oracle rules of usage.

Part - you need machine with GUI or just smartphone only to get final link which you will use to download**

Login to Oracle or whatever site you need login to start downloading something, accept usage rules and start download in Chrome or any other browser and than copy download link from download tab, it should contain authorization parameter. Link should look something like this:

Pause download in Chrome.

Paste that download link to place from where you can wget-it or just type it in if it's not too long.
and just wget that whole link in your Linux machine with:
```
wget http://download.oracle.com/otn/linux/oracle12c/122010/linuxx64_12201_database.zip?AuthParam=1539333101_448acded002c607377c51b62730a816f
```

Works like charm :). I'm downloading Oracle database from:
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/downloads/index.html
to Ubuntu like this.

It's probably not going to work for every case but works fine for my case :)

edited Dec 11 '18 at 7:19

answered Oct 12 '18 at 8:36

Harvey

992

3

One (the crucial, in fact) purpose of wget is to download web content from the commandline without any GUI involved.
– PerlDuck
Oct 12 '18 at 8:48

@PerlDuck It looks like you didn't read my answer at all. You do not need GUI in linux machine for download using this procedure. This procedure only involves GUI for logging and for finding correct link to downloading . Thank you for unreasonable -1.
– Harvey
Dec 11 '18 at 6:19

I didn't downvote your post, sorry.
– PerlDuck
Dec 11 '18 at 9:14

@PerlDuck I'm sorry then. You don't have to downvote, others will do that after they look at your comment/reputation and without reading more than twitter amount of text from my post...
– Harvey
Dec 11 '18 at 11:44

add a comment |

-2

This procedure is working ok in Linux server with no GUI if you need to download from web sites (like oracle.com) where you need to login and also accept Oracle rules of usage.

Part - you need machine with GUI or just smartphone only to get final link which you will use to download**

Login to Oracle or whatever site you need login to start downloading something, accept usage rules and start download in Chrome or any other browser and than copy download link from download tab, it should contain authorization parameter. Link should look something like this:

Pause download in Chrome.

Paste that download link to place from where you can wget-it or just type it in if it's not too long.
and just wget that whole link in your Linux machine with:
```
wget http://download.oracle.com/otn/linux/oracle12c/122010/linuxx64_12201_database.zip?AuthParam=1539333101_448acded002c607377c51b62730a816f
```

Works like charm :). I'm downloading Oracle database from:
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/downloads/index.html
to Ubuntu like this.

It's probably not going to work for every case but works fine for my case :)

edited Dec 11 '18 at 7:19

answered Oct 12 '18 at 8:36

Harvey

992

This procedure is working ok in Linux server with no GUI if you need to download from web sites (like oracle.com) where you need to login and also accept Oracle rules of usage.

Part - you need machine with GUI or just smartphone only to get final link which you will use to download**

Login to Oracle or whatever site you need login to start downloading something, accept usage rules and start download in Chrome or any other browser and than copy download link from download tab, it should contain authorization parameter. Link should look something like this:

Pause download in Chrome.

Paste that download link to place from where you can wget-it or just type it in if it's not too long.
and just wget that whole link in your Linux machine with:
```
wget http://download.oracle.com/otn/linux/oracle12c/122010/linuxx64_12201_database.zip?AuthParam=1539333101_448acded002c607377c51b62730a816f
```

Works like charm :). I'm downloading Oracle database from:
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/downloads/index.html
to Ubuntu like this.

It's probably not going to work for every case but works fine for my case :)

edited Dec 11 '18 at 7:19

answered Oct 12 '18 at 8:36

Harvey

992

edited Dec 11 '18 at 7:19

answered Oct 12 '18 at 8:36

Harvey

992

answered Oct 12 '18 at 8:36

Harvey

992

answered Oct 12 '18 at 8:36

Harvey

992

3

One (the crucial, in fact) purpose of wget is to download web content from the commandline without any GUI involved.
– PerlDuck
Oct 12 '18 at 8:48

@PerlDuck It looks like you didn't read my answer at all. You do not need GUI in linux machine for download using this procedure. This procedure only involves GUI for logging and for finding correct link to downloading . Thank you for unreasonable -1.
– Harvey
Dec 11 '18 at 6:19

I didn't downvote your post, sorry.
– PerlDuck
Dec 11 '18 at 9:14

@PerlDuck I'm sorry then. You don't have to downvote, others will do that after they look at your comment/reputation and without reading more than twitter amount of text from my post...
– Harvey
Dec 11 '18 at 11:44

add a comment |

3

One (the crucial, in fact) purpose of wget is to download web content from the commandline without any GUI involved.
– PerlDuck
Oct 12 '18 at 8:48

@PerlDuck It looks like you didn't read my answer at all. You do not need GUI in linux machine for download using this procedure. This procedure only involves GUI for logging and for finding correct link to downloading . Thank you for unreasonable -1.
– Harvey
Dec 11 '18 at 6:19

I didn't downvote your post, sorry.
– PerlDuck
Dec 11 '18 at 9:14

@PerlDuck I'm sorry then. You don't have to downvote, others will do that after they look at your comment/reputation and without reading more than twitter amount of text from my post...
– Harvey
Dec 11 '18 at 11:44

One (the crucial, in fact) purpose of wget is to download web content from the commandline without any GUI involved.
– PerlDuck
Oct 12 '18 at 8:48

@PerlDuck It looks like you didn't read my answer at all. You do not need GUI in linux machine for download using this procedure. This procedure only involves GUI for logging and for finding correct link to downloading . Thank you for unreasonable -1.
– Harvey
Dec 11 '18 at 6:19

I didn't downvote your post, sorry.
– PerlDuck
Dec 11 '18 at 9:14

@PerlDuck I'm sorry then. You don't have to downvote, others will do that after they look at your comment/reputation and without reading more than twitter amount of text from my post...
– Harvey
Dec 11 '18 at 11:44

add a comment |

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