IIS basic authentication not working with the WebSphere Application Server Web server plug-in
 Technote (FAQ)
 
Problem
You receive an "unauthorized" error in the browser when trying to access 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 user is rejected, then any attempt to access any WebSphere Application Server URI will fail as well.
 
Solution
If the users are to be authorized by the back-end 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 plug-in, which in turn, will pass the same header to the application server for user authentication.
 
 


Document Information


Product categories: Software > Application Servers > Distributed Application & Web Servers > WebSphere Application Server > Plug-in
Operating system(s): AIX
Software version: 4.0
Software edition:
Reference #: 1215889
IBM Group: Software Group
Modified date: Aug 31, 2005