Why isn't wget accepting my username/password?

Question

I've tried both

wget --user=myuser --password=mypassword myfile

and

wget --ftp-user=myuser --ftp-password=mypassword myfile

but I keep getting the error

HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 401 Authorization Required
Authorization failed.

I know the file is there, and I know the username/password are correct - I can ftp in with no problem. Any thoughts on what's going on here? How do I even tell if wget is paying attention to the username/password that I'm giving it? (The error is the same if I simply don't provide that info.)

Answer 1

Are you using an "ftp://" URL? From the error message it appears that you're making a request for an "http://" URL.

Answer 2

try wget --http-user=username --http-password=password http://....