I forgot one really important aspect to this - the %HTTP_PROXY% variable needs to be set.
Make sure to set the environment variable %HTTP_PROXY% to your proxy server. This must be a hostname and port in URL form. E.g.: SET HTTP_PROXY http://proxy.corp.com:8080 Jason On Jul 23, 11:46 am, Jason <[email protected]> wrote: > This is really more about accessing rubygems and installing *anything* > from behind a proxy, but for myself the whole purpose of installing > Ruby and accessing RubyGems is for Watir, so might be useful for this > list. > > The problem lies with being behind a firewall and a normal command- > line ruby install request not being able to access rubygems. > > I solved it with RubySSPI. This enables NTLM proxy authentication for > Ruby on Windows. It uses the Microsoft Security Support Provider > Interface (SSPI) to enable Ruby programs using Net::HTTP to > authenticate via the proxy as the current Windows server. > > http://rubyforge.org/projects/rubysspi > > The gem includes a file called spa.rb. Copy this file to your > site_ruby directory and then run the gem script directly: > > ruby -rspa 'C:\ruby191\bin\gem' install watir > > Easy. Done. > > Thought this might be useful for someone searching the list. > > - J -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. You received this message because you are subscribed to http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general To post: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected]
