Browser spins and times out after providing Access Manager user credentials
3 years ago
Originally Published: 2009-07-14
Article Number
000047609
Applies To
RSA Key Manager Server
RSA Access Manager
Tomcat 5.5
Microsoft Internet Information Server 6.0
Tomcat Connector JK2 (from http://www.shiftomat.com/opensource/)
Issue
Browser spins and times out after providing Access Manager user credentials
Unable to log in automatically to RKM Admin console
- User accesses /KMS/
- Access Manager user credentials provided
- Browser spins
- Browser is manually stopped
- User hits /KMS/ again
- User gets in without providing Access Manager credentials

Cause
Jakarta ISAPI redirector JK2 can cause the above problem
Resolution
Uninstall Tomcat/Jakarta JK2 connector and re-install JK 1.2.

When installing Tomcat connector JK 1.2, ensure that the user (typically NETWORK SERVICE) associated with IIS Application Pool has permission/access to the connector dll (including full path leading to the dll) and to the connector configuration files.  Adding 'POWER USERS' group to allow read access to the dll and configuration files is usually sufficient.  Failing to setup appropriate permissions can result in failure to load the connector and/or HTTP 401.3 errors when accessing pages via browser.