[Solved] Luci page shortcut

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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I want to place a shortcut on my desktop to open a specific Luci page (like http://192.168.1.1/cgi-bin/luci/admin/system/commands).
Problem (or logical) is that the authorization page is displayed first. After successful login the correct Luci page is shown.
Is there a way to incorporate the username and password in the shortcut to automate authorization and go directly to the page (like http://192.168.1.1/cgi-bin/luci/admin/system/commands -username -password)?

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There used to be a way to login automatically with http://username:password @ 192.168.1.1/....
Haven't tried it though.

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Pretty dangerous to put your password in a desktop shortcut, even if you’re not running Windows. Might not even have to be logged in to your desktop to read it, in clear text.

Maybe there’s a better way to accomplish your higher goals?

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There used to be a way to login automatically with http://username:password @ 192.168.1.1/....
Haven't tried it though.

Tried it but doesn't work.

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I see your point, but this PC is only accessible and used by me.

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Yep, just use

https://<ROUTER-IP>/cgi-bin/luci/?luci_username=root&luci_password=<PASSWORD>

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Works exactly as i wanted. Thanks

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And how to screen special characters — ^&#:; ???

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I surmise you cannot use any character that isn't part of a valid URL...the other options would be:

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URL encoding

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An alternative way might be to significantly extend the lifetime of the Luci cookie.

Or you could use your own cookie. (I could give you code)

EG
Put a cgi script at /www/cgi-bin/autologin that checks for your cookie.

  • if the cookie does not exist then a username and password challenge could be displayed and the response put into a cookie and then redirect to luci with the credentials.
  • if the cookie exists then then grab the username and password from it and redirect to luci.
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