curl-library
Re: NTLM autentication fails after a 302 redirect
Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 00:19:28 +0200 (CEST)
On Wed, 6 May 2009, Laurent Rabret wrote:
> 1) Libcurl successfully authenticate an HTML entry page thanks to NTLM
> 2) the entry page sends a 302 on a new page, same domain name
> 3) libcurl does not populate the authentication and the access fails with a
> 401 message (only 1 access)
>
> Of course, if I directly ask libcurl to access the redirected page, the
> authentication succeeds.
>
> Let me highlight the authentication mechanism is performed correctly from
> pages to pages if I force the BASIC authentication.
>
> I can also systematically reproduce this behaviour with curl. Command: curl
> -L --ntlm -u "domain\user:password" http://comain/entry
>
> Can you tell me if this behaviour is "by designed" or if it is a bug and do
> you know if there's a workaround?
It sounds like a bug to me.
-- / daniel.haxx.seReceived on 2009-05-07