automating CGI logons

[Ghost in the machine]

Hi! friends in Web4Lib...and Kerry.

     Can you tell me which kind of HTTPD are you using??
     Because most of the httpds(like NCSA,CERN,Website or etc) provide
a access control function, that means you can create a homepage and add the
access control on this page in your configuration file(like httpd.conf)
     Then when a user wanna to access this page, they need to provide 
password or that will see a Access denied sign.
     But this is not like telnet....8-)...You cannot provide "never see the
name or password" function. Maybe Java could.

>     We have a number of options on our public access menus that connect to
> commercial databases that require a name/password for access.  When these
> sites use Telnet connections, we are able to automate the logon process using
> C-Kermit scripts, so our users never see the name and password.
>     Is there any way to do this with WWW servers that run a CGI script to ask
> for a name and password?  Do we need to set up a CGI script on our server to
> feed the info to the remote server? -- if so, how does this work?

				Nick Chang-----nkchang at arc.org.tw
				Web developer and library volunteer
				American Resource Center, Taiwan