firefox in ubuntu : how to automate basic authentication password confirm dialog

Question

I have an ubuntu workstation with firefox always open on a (autorefreshing) web page protected by basic auth.

At startup, I have autologin and automatic firefox start on the page and I have saved the basic auth credentials.

I'd like to confirm in some automated way the username/password dialog box which pops up on the first opening of the page, or I'd like to know if there's any hack to avoid this dialog box.

I tried setting the homepage to http://username%3Apassword@myserver/mypage put that doesn't stop confirmation dialog boxes.

Thanks G.

Answer 1

I had an answer there: http://superuser.com/questions/46191/firefox-in-ubuntu-how-to-automate-basic-authentication-password-confirm-dialog