[hobbit] Using post to test user login

[Larry Barber]

I had a similar problem and ended up writing a short Python program to
supply the userid and password. I don't believe my boss would have a problem
if I GPL'd it and released it. Let me know if you're interested.

Thanks,
Larry Barber

On 6/21/06, Maschino, Shawn (GE Indust, Plastics) <Shawn.Maschino at ge.com>
wrote:
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>              Hi all – I ran into a challenge and was wondering if anyone
> else had seen it and found a workaround.  I'd like to use the "post"
> function of the HTTP test to verify a web page that does user authentication
> for an application.  The way the login works is:
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> -          User enters login details on a web form
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> -          The user is sent to a "middle" page while authentication is
> done
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> -          If authentication is successful they are redirected into the
> web application, otherwise they redirect to an error page
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> When using the post check I can only get to that middle page, which
> doesn't tell me if authentication was correct or not.  The reason for the
> middle page is that this web site is using SSO authentication against an
> external LDAP system.  We'd need to be able to get to the page that the
> redirect pushes to.  Does anyone know if there is a way around this?  My
> first impressions would be no, but I thought it wouldn't hurt (too much!) to ask.
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> Thanks!
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>
>
> Shawn
>
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