How to pass credentials for BASIC Auth to browser?

Question

I know that when the browser sees a WWW-Authenticate header with the value Basic, it will bring up the login dialog box. If the login succeeds, the browser pretty much handles the credentials via the Authorization header it will send automatically in future requests.

I want to use my own login screen but I want the browser to handle the credentials passed in as if they were passed via the browsers dialog box. Is there a way to pass these credentials to the browser this way or do I have to manually add the Authorization header myself if I use my own login screen?

Answer 1

After successful login, redirect user to

http://username:password@www.yoursite.com/