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# 8  
Old 06-21-2011
Bug Add all into one line in cron job?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Corona688
Then perhaps:

Code:
wget -U netscape --referer=http://mysoftwaredepot.com:2095 \
        --post-data="login_theme=cpanel&user=myusername&pass=mypassword&goto_uri=/horde/index.php" \
        http://mysoftwaredepot.com:2095/login/

username and password should be percent-encoded if they contain any strange characters. I'd suggest not putting it into cron until you have it working. It will save a webpage to disk, which if the login doesn't work may or may not tell you why. Once you have it working, add -O /dev/null to make it not save a file.
Thanks for the tips.

May I know if I will put all these into one line into cron job?

How about the -O /dev/null ? Where should I add it? Add from the beginning or at the end of the code?

Thanks,
Sean

---------- Post updated 06-21-11 at 02:48 AM ---------- Previous update was 06-20-11 at 11:30 PM ----------

I have successfully setup the code into the cron job.

After the cron log into the email login page, actually there's another login page requires to click on the button "Log in" before can go into the inbox.

Here's the demo email login:
Code:
http://mysoftwaredepot.com:2095/horde/

Username: testemail@mysoftwaredepot.com
Password: pass123

After login, you will see there's another page with a login button.

May I know how to make the cron job push that button to access into the inbox?

Thanks,
Sean
# 9  
Old 06-21-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by seangtc
How about the -O /dev/null ? Where should I add it? Add from the beginning or at the end of the code?
It doesn't matter. end would be simplest.
Quote:
After the cron log into the email login page, actually there's another login page requires to click on the button "Log in" before can go into the inbox.

Here's the demo email login:
Code:
http://mysoftwaredepot.com:2095/horde/

Username: testemail@mysoftwaredepot.com
Password: pass123

After login, you will see there's another page with a login button.

May I know how to make the cron job push that button to access into the inbox?
I can't tell. I'd need to see the HTML for that too.

[edit] you actually set up a demo email? okay, looking

---------- Post updated at 09:46 AM ---------- Previous update was at 09:25 AM ----------

Okay, this appears to login and select a language. There's enough to it that it'd make sense to save it as a script file and run that, instead of trying to cram it all into one cron job. The --quiet should prevent cron from mailing you every time.
Code:
#!/bin/sh

EMAIL=testemail@mysoftwaredepot.com
PASS=pass123

# move cookiefile somewhere that makes sense for you
COOKIE=/home/tyler/cookiejar

wget -U netscape --referer=http://mysoftwaredepot.com:2095 \
        --post-data="login_theme=cpanel&user=${EMAIL}&pass=${PASS}&goto_uri=/horde/index.php"   \
        --save-cookies ${COOKIE} --keep-session-cookies \
        http://mysoftwaredepot.com:2095/login/
        --quiet -O /dev/null

wget -U netscape --referer=http://mysoftwaredepot.com:2095      \
        --load-cookies ${COOKIE}                                \
        --save-cookies ${COOKIE} --keep-session-cookies         \
        --post-data="url=&horde_user=${EMAIL}&horde_pass=${PASS}&anchor_string=&new_lang=en_us" \
        http://mysoftwaredepot.com:2095/horde/login.php \
        --quiet -O /dev/null

wget -U netscape --referer=http://mysoftwaredepot.com:2095      \
        --load-cookies ${COOKIE}        \
        http://mysoftwaredepot.com:2095/horde/services/portal/sidebar.php      \
        "http://mysoftwaredepot.com:2095/horde/login.php?frameset_loaded=1"    \
        --quiet -O /dev/null

I have no idea if this will enable your email filters or not but worth a shot.
# 10  
Old 06-22-2011
Hi Corona688,

Thanks for your tips again.

I have copied the code you given but I'm not sure what kind of format I should save in my hosting?

I should save the code as .php or .html or ... so I can run as a script?

Thanks,
Sean
# 11  
Old 06-22-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by seangtc
I have copied the code you given but I'm not sure what kind of format I should save in my hosting? should save the code as .php or .html or ... so I can run as a script?
The file extension isn't important if you're running it from crontab. Just make sure its set executable.
# 12  
Old 06-22-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by Corona688
The file extension isn't important if you're running it from crontab. Just make sure its set executable.
Hi Corona688,

Sorry, I'm not a technical guy so couldn't really understand how to make it work, even though I have tried hours just to break the code. :-)

Do you offer service to help me make it work? Let me know how much you will charge.

Thanks,
Sean
# 13  
Old 06-27-2011
Hi Corona688,

I'm unable to reply your PM because I do not have enough post in the forum.

Instead of accessing the SHELL, is there any other way to overcome this problem?

Like, create a PHP or any script that work with cron job to autologin to the Horde email inbox?

Thanks,
Sean
 
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