Problem: Auto Login with a Browser-URL to a .htaccess protected directory

(real) Directory:  http://reporting.de/protected
ID: hello
PW: world

http://hello:world@reporting.de/protected does not work for me
Mozilla needs confirmation
IE (all patches) delivers syntax error

Are there alternativ (very simple) solutions if above constellation
does not work at all?

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Clarification of Question by just4search-ga on 04 Nov 2004 07:57 PST

An acceptable approach would also be a  piece of php-code which i
could implement on top of a php-file. This piece of code has to read
URL-Parameters (without  confirmation-question) and in case of
concordance has to fly through to the other php-code otherwise has to
show error message.