Stubbing authentication in request spec

When writing a request spec, how do you set sessions and/or stub controller methods? I'm trying to stub out authentication in my integration tests - rspec/requests Here's an example of a test require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../spec_helper' require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/authentication_helpers' describe "Messages" do include AuthenticationHelpers describe "GET admin/messages" do before(:each

[kent-where-the-light-is]

“A request spec is a thin wrapper around ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest, which doesn't work like controller specs”

[suginoy]

"A request spec is a thin wrapper around ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest, which doesn't work like controller specs (which wrap ActionController::TestCase)."