# Ruby sspi

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-sspi/183333>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [February 11, 2010, 11:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-sspi/183333 "2010-02-11T23:03:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tony\_Tsai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tony\_Tsai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Tony_Tsai)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 11:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-sspi/183333/1 "2010-02-11T23:03:56Z")

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Hi all,

Is there any way that I can read user name through SSPI in Ruby on  
Rails?  
I’ve tried the tutorial at

> **[Mental Paging Space](http://mentalpagingspace.blogspot.com/search/label/rails%20authenticatedsystem%20ntlm%20windows%20login)**
>
> A place to park ideas, inspire suggestions and makes notes for the future.

but it keeps on spitting out an error message as such (  
[http://dl.dropbox.com/u/163697/ntlm\_error.PNG](http://dl.dropbox.com/u/163697/ntlm_error.PNG) )

Thank you,