[w3m-dev-en 00078] odd form authentication problem

From: josh@rtst.net
Date: Wed Feb 09 2000 - 19:01:53 CST


Hello

I've been using w3m for some time, and still have only one real problem...

our Trouble ticket center is web based, and I can't seem to be able to authenticate. I do have OpenSSL installed, and built the monster build of w3m1.6

Here's what the form's html looks like (with the names removed to protect the inoccent):

   <HTML><HEAD>
      <TITLE>Trouble Ticket Center</TITLE>
    </HEAD><BODY BGCOLOR=#ffffff TEXT=#000000 LINK=#000000 VLINK=#000000 background="/images/background.gif"><table width=100%><tr><td align=left>Feb 9 2000 7:40PM</td><td align=right>user: myusername</td></tr></table><img src="/images/emergency.gif" border=0><br>Action = OpenNew<br><br>
   <font size=+1>Select Client By SiteName or CircuitID</font>
   <form><pre>
<b>SiteName :</b> <select type=box name=siteid>
   <option value=unselected>SiteName - CircuitID
   <option value=70>Site Identifier one
         <option value=607>Site Identifier two
... more options...
         <option value=390)Site Identifier three
         </select>
  <pre>
  </pre>
  <input type=hidden name=action value=VerifyClient>
  <center><input type=submit name=VerifyClient value=" Verify Client "></center>
  </form></BODY></HTML>

oh... I also deleted most of the options... their all basically the same though.

It ends up kicking me back to the base url. It may be something with the <form> tag, and it not having any form specified. That's crappy html, but it's standard enough to work in all the browsers I've seen.
Lynx actually works on it, so I kinda doubt it's too horribly special. lynx does yell about bad html, but seems to reproccess it and succeeds.

Any ideas on how to fix it in w3m?
Should I be supplying more info... and if so, what info?

btw... on the whole, w3m is a pretty fantastic browser!

--
Josh I.



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