[[!comment format=mdwn username="https://me.yahoo.com/a/EbvxpTI_xP9Aod7Mg4cwGhgjrCrdM5s-#7c0f4" subject="how to get access to urls needing authentication without private info in the url" date="2015-09-22T14:05:45Z" content=""" wget by default consults ~/.netrc where you could specify your account information (man netrc for more detail) """]]