Apache Axis2 1.5.1 and NTLM Authentication

Question

I've browsed all of the discussions here on StackOverflow regarding NTLM and Java, and I can't seem to find the answer. I'll try and be much more specific.

Here's some code that returns a client stub that (I hope) is configured for NTLM authentication:

ServiceStub getService() {
  try {
    ServiceStub stub = new ServiceStub(
        "http://myserver/some/path/to/webservices.asmx"); // this service is hosted on IIS
    List<String> ntlmPreferences = new ArrayList<String>(1);
    ntlmPreferences.add(HttpTransportProperties.Authenticator.NTLM);
    HttpTransportProperties.Authenticator ntlmAuthenticator = new HttpTransportProperties.Authenticator();
    ntlmAuthenticator.setAuthSchemes(ntlmPreferences);
    ntlmAuthenticator.setUsername("me");
    ntlmAuthenticator.setHost("localhost");
    ntlmAuthenticator.setDomain("mydomain");
    Options options = stub._getServiceClient().getOptions();
    options.setProperty(HTTPConstants.AUTHENTICATE, ntlmAuthenticator);
    options.setProperty(HTTPConstants.CHUNKED, "false");
    return stub;
  } catch (AxisFault e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
  }
      return null;
}

This returns a valid SerivceStub object. When I try to invoke a call on the stub, I see the following in my log:

Jun 9, 2010 12:12:22 PM org.apache.commons.httpclient.auth.AuthChallengeProcessor selectAuthScheme
INFO: NTLM authentication scheme selected
Jun 9, 2010 12:12:22 PM org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector authenticate
SEVERE: Credentials cannot be used for NTLM authentication: org.apache.commons.httpclient.UsernamePasswordCredentials

Does anyone have a solution to this issue?

Answer 1

Try this: http://robaustin.wikidot.com/axis It works for me. You need to call setupCertsAndCredential() before getService()

private void setupCredential() { final NTCredentials nt = new NTCredentials("user", "pass", "", "domain"); final CredentialsProvider myCredentialsProvider = new CredentialsProvider() { public Credentials getCredentials(AuthScheme scheme, String host, int port, boolean proxy) throws CredentialsNotAvailableException { return nt; } }; DefaultHttpParams.getDefaultParams().setParameter("http.authentication.credential-provider", myCredentialsProvider); }

ServiceStub getService() {

try {
ServiceStub stub = new ServiceStub(
"http://myserver/some/path/to/webservices.asmx"); // this service is hosted on IIS

return stub;    

} catch (AxisFault e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return null;
}