Providing credentials in URL for Web UI

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I’ve seen other posts on these forums indicate that you can pass login credentials for the Web UI in the URL itself; e.g.:

http://<username>:<password>@localhost:8384

I’ve tried this using Firefox, Chrome and another chromium-based browser, and all it does is take me to the login screen. I also tried using “https://” instead (although I don’t think my target instance has any certificates) with identical results. The credentials appear to be completely ignored. Does this “trick” still work with Syncthing’s Web UI, or is there perhaps a newer way of performing autologin?

I’m aware that I can remove credentials from the target instance, but that’s an extreme I’d rather not go to unless there’s no other way.

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

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You need to enable https://docs.syncthing.net/users/config.html#config-option-gui.sendbasicauthprompt for the URL credentials to work.

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Excellent! Thank you so much for putting me on the right track, Tomasz. :folded_hands: