iOS distribution - parameters in itms-services protocol link for plist

Question

I would like to pass the userid and password in the itms-services link so that the protected plist can be accessed.

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.

<a href="itms-services://?action=download-manifest&url=http://example.com/app.plist">

Currently the above link gives an error

cannot connect to example.com

Answer 1

I Was installing the IPA and PLIST on a Windows IIS Server.

I had to add MIME types for .ipa and .plist to the IIS Server for the iPad to be able to download the application.

For IIS, Open IIS Manager. Right click 'Server(local computer)'
Select Properties click 'MIME Types' Click 'New...'

Add the Following MIME Types:

.IPA   - application/octet-stream 
.PLIST -  text/plain.