title: iOS distribution - parameters in itms-services protocol link for plist
body: <p>I would like to pass the userid and password in the itms-services link so that the protected plist can be accessed. </p>
  
  <p>To clarify, in the following link, the plist cannot be accessed directly as the access requires the userid and password to be entered so that plist is accessible.</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;a href="itms-services://?action=download-manifest&amp;url=http://example.com/app.plist"&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Currently the above link gives an error</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>cannot connect to example.com</p>
  </blockquote>