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Once in a while, it is useful to start up [[Reference9:Concept myPBX|myPBX]] with the user name or even both the user name and the password as part of the URL.  This can be done using the following syntax:

<code>http://X.X.X.X/PBX0/MY/client.htm#user=XXX</code>

or

<code>http://X.X.X.X/PBX0/MY/client.htm#user=XXX&pwd=XXX</code>

If the first form is used, the log-in form will be filled in with the respective user name.  If the second form is used, the log-in will take place right away, with no form being displayed.

= Security Warning =
You may wonder why this is not implemented using the standard [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Query_string ''URL Query Argument Syntax''] which would be something like
<code>http://X.X.X.X/PBX0/MY/client.htm?user=XXX&pwd=XXX</code>.
The reason for this is that using this feature imposes an inherent security risk.  Keep in mind that both the user name and the password is in any case sent in clear over the wire.  There is no way to work around this issue.  But using the <code>#user=XXX&pwd=XXX</code> instead of <code>?user=XXX&pwd=XXX</code> at least makes sure that the information is not kept in the browsers history file.