> This is how the gateway is setup:

> gateway = ActiveMerchant::Billing::PayflowGateway.new(
>         :login => 'my_vendor_name', :password => 'mypassword'
> )

> I also setup a dummy credit card object with no problem.

> However, when I do:
> gateway.authorize(100,credit_card)

> I'll get:

>  #<ActiveMerchant::Billing::PayflowResponse:0x1b74f70 @test=true,
> @authorization=nil, @success=false, @cvv_result={"message"=>nil,
> "code"=>nil}, @fraud_review=nil, @message="User authentication
> failed", @avs_result={"message"=>nil, "code"=>nil,
> "street_match"=>nil, "postal_match"=>nil}, @params={"message"=>"User
> authentication failed", "result"=>"1", "partner"=>"paypal",
> "vendor"=>"my_vendor_name"}>

> I know Paypal Payflow Manager accounts have user accounts with
> passwords for each user. I also know that the password I'm using in my
> gateway setting is the Paypal Transaction password.

> Am I suppose to put the username and password for a user somewhere
> else outside of where I define the gateway?

> Thanks to anyone who has an idea of what's happening. The setup worked
> before, but I have to be sure I'm not missing something.

>       gateway = ActiveMerchant::Billing::PayflowGateway.new(
>         :user     => username,
>         :login    => vendor,
>         :password => password,
>         :partner  => paypal
>       )

> Scott

> On Apr 25, 3:41 pm, "rahs...@gmail.com" <rahs...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > I got the weirdest problem using Payflow Pro. I'm running a standard
> > test setup but I keep getting back 'user authentication failed'.

> > This is how the gateway is setup:

> > gateway = ActiveMerchant::Billing::PayflowGateway.new(
> >         :login => 'my_vendor_name', :password => 'mypassword'
> > )

> > I also setup a dummy credit card object with no problem.

> > However, when I do:
> > gateway.authorize(100,credit_card)

> > I'll get:

> >  #<ActiveMerchant::Billing::PayflowResponse:0x1b74f70 @test=true,
> > @authorization=nil, @success=false, @cvv_result={"message"=>nil,
> > "code"=>nil}, @fraud_review=nil, @message="User authentication
> > failed", @avs_result={"message"=>nil, "code"=>nil,
> > "street_match"=>nil, "postal_match"=>nil}, @params={"message"=>"User
> > authentication failed", "result"=>"1", "partner"=>"paypal",
> > "vendor"=>"my_vendor_name"}>

> > I know Paypal Payflow Manager accounts have user accounts with
> > passwords for each user. I also know that the password I'm using in my
> > gateway setting is the Paypal Transaction password.

> > Am I suppose to put the username and password for a user somewhere
> > else outside of where I define the gateway?

> > Thanks to anyone who has an idea of what's happening. The setup worked
> > before, but I have to be sure I'm not missing something.