What is the correct wget command syntax for HTTPS with username and password?

I would like to download a file remotely with this URL using wget:

https://test.mydomain.com/files/myfile.zip

The site test.mydomain.com requires a login. I would like to download that file in my another server using this command but it does not work (does not completely download the file):

wget --user=myusername --password=mypassword https://test.mydomain.com/files/myfile.zip

If my username is myusername and password is mypassword what would be the correct wget syntax?

The following are the return messages after I type the above command:

Resolving test.mydomain.com (test.mydomain.com)... 123.456.789
Connecting to test.mydomain.com (test.mydomain.com)|123.456.789|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://test.mydomain.com/login/unauthorized [following]
--2013-01-30 02:01:32--  https://test.mydomain.com/login/unauthorized
Reusing existing connection to test.mydomain.com:443.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://test.mydomain.com/login [following]
--2013-01-30 02:01:32--  https://test.mydomain.com/login
Reusing existing connection to test.mydomain.com:443.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [text/html]
Saving to: `myfile.zip'

Am I missing something? Please help. Thanks.

By specifying the option --user and --ask-password wget will ask for the credentials. Below is an example. Change the username and download link to your needs.

wget --user=username --ask-password https://xyz.com/changelog-6.40.txt

I have found that wget does not properly authenticate with some servers, perhaps because it is only HTTP 1.0 compliant. In such cases, curl (which is HTTP 1.1 compliant) usually does the trick:

curl -o <filename-to-save-as> -u <username>:<password> <url>