How To Install ntlmaps on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ntlmaps on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ntlmaps
ntlmaps is:
‘NTLM Authorization Proxy Server’ (APS) is a proxy software that allows you to authenticate via an MS Proxy Server (e.g. ISA server) using the proprietary NTLM protocol. Since version 0.9.5 APS has an ability to behave as a standalone proxy server and authenticate http clients at web servers using NTLM method. It can change arbitrary values in your client’s request header so that those requests will look like they were created by MS IE. It is written in Python v1.5.2 language.
Main features: * supports NTLM authentication via parent proxy server (Error 407 Proxy Authentication Required) * supports NTLM authentication at web servers (Error 401 Access Denied/Unauthorized) * supports translation of NTLM scheme to standard “Basic” authentication scheme * supports the HTTPS ‘CONNECT’ method for transparent tunnelling through parent proxy server * has ability to change arbitrary values in client’s request headers; * supports unlimited number of client connections * supports connections from external hosts * supports HTTP 1.1 persistent connections * stores user’s credentials in config file or requests password from a console during the start time
There are three methods to install ntlmaps on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ntlmaps Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ntlmaps using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ntlmaps
Install ntlmaps Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ntlmaps using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ntlmaps
Install ntlmaps Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install ntlmaps using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ntlmaps
How To Uninstall ntlmaps on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ntlmaps package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ntlmaps
Uninstall ntlmaps And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ntlmaps and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ntlmaps
Remove ntlmaps Configurations and Data
To remove ntlmaps configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ntlmaps
Remove ntlmaps configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ntlmaps configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ntlmaps
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ntlmaps package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
