Re: st: reading remote files

[Pete Huckelba <huckelba@stata.com>]

FEIVESON, ALAN H. (AL) (JSC-SK) (NASA) wrote:
> Hi  - From Stata, I would like to input data from files (text files) that
> are stored in some folder on a remote server. Furthermore, a password is
> required to get acces to the server. Does anyone know how to access such
> files and submit the password?
>
> Al Feiveson
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Al,

While the functionality that you are looking for is not inherent to 
Stata, here are two server-side options:

-the remote server is running a proxy server or has a trust mechanism 
with a proxy, you can modify Stata's proxy settings to point to the 
unrestricted location

-most web servers allow for ACL's, IE:  Apache's .htaccess files.  The 
web master can plug in your IP address to remove the access restriction

-Pete


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