From: Alex Young <alex@...>
Date: 2006-06-22T23:11:36+09:00
Subject: Re: Simple post to IIS Server using net/http

Eduardo Aldaz-Carroll wrote:
> Dear All
> I have a simple application that starts by sending a post to an IIS 
> Server with user name and password information.
> Incredibly it works fine when the ruby application is run in windows, 
> but when run from linux the IIS server receives an empty user name and 
> password.
> Any idea why this could be and if it is necessary to do any special 
> configuration from linux?
> Thanks !
> 
> 
> # Test client
> require 'net/http'
> 
> begin
> 
> http = Net::HTTP.new("192.168.101.18",80)
> 
> # POST request -> logging in
> user = ARGV[0]
> password = ARGV[1]
> puts "Logging in as #{ARGV[0]} "
> user_data = "us=#{user}&pw=#{password}"
> resp = http.post('/ca_equipos/app_cliente/acceso_app.aspx', user_data)

Just a thought, but Windows can be a little bit funny when it comes to 
ARGV.  It does separation differently to other shells.  It might be 
worthwhile checking that ARGV[0] and ARGV[1] are actually what you think 
they are on each platform...

-- 
Alex