Mechanize and NTLM Authentication

Question

The following code generates a 401 => Net::HTTPUnauthorized error.

From the log:

response-header: x-powered-by => ASP.NET
response-header: content         


        

Answer 1

Mechanize 2 supports NTLM auth:

m = Mechanize.new
m.agent.username = 'user'
m.agent.password = 'password'
m.agent.domain = 'addomain'

Answer 2

agent.add_auth('http://server', 'username', 'password', nil, 'domain.name')

http://mechanize.rubyforge.org/Mechanize.html

tested:

• Windows Server 2012 R2 + IIS 8.5
• Ruby 1.9.3