I am trying to access a zip file in an ftp directory using LWP::UserAgent using $ua->credentials and am getting HTTP 401 Error: Unauthorized Access. I pasted the url directly into the browser, logged in with the same username and password, and it allowed me to save the document. I was able to get it to work properly with a text file. 
$filename = 'file.zip'; # for example
use LWP::UserAgent;
use HTTP::Request::Common;
my $url = "http://www.domain.com/$filename";
my $ua = new LWP::UserAgent(keep_alive=>1);
$ua->credentials('www.domain.com:80', '', 'user', 'pass');
$request = GET $url;
$response = $ua->request($request);
print "response:" . $response->code . "\n";

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I even tried changing to this syntax for the username and password: 
$ua->credentials('www.domain.com:80', '', 'user'=>'pass');

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Not sure what else to do here. Need help!

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