Microsoft IIS (IIS) Web server basic authentication is not working with the IBM WebSphere Application Server Web server plug-in
 Technote (troubleshooting)
 
Problem(Abstract)
You receive an "unauthorized" error in the browser when trying to access IBM® WebSphere® Application Server content through the Microsoft® IIS Web server.
 
Cause
If IIS has Basic authentication enabled, then it will attempt to authenticate the user. If the user is rejected, then any attempt to access any WebSphere Application Server URI will fail as well.
 
Resolving the problem
If users are to be authorized by the WebSphere Application Server, then you must enable Anonymous authentication and disable Basic authentication within IIS.

This will ensure that IIS forwards the Authorization header to the WebSphere Application Server Web server plug-in, which in turn, will pass the same header to the application server for user authentication.
 
 
Cross Reference information
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Document Information


Product categories: Software > Application Servers > Distributed Application & Web Servers > WebSphere Application Server > Plug-in
Operating system(s): i5/OS
Software version: 6.0
Software edition:
Reference #: 1215889
IBM Group: Software Group
Modified date: Oct 30, 2007