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rluyster
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Apr 15, 2008

Prompting for passwords

I have set up a virtual server with only one server behind it. It is a simple HTTP connection, however when I try to access the application, I am prompted to enter my userid and password. When accessi...
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hoolio
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Apr 16, 2008
It's very odd that only some users are prompted for a password through the BIG-IP. Is it possible that some users already entered a password and their browser is caching it? Do you see in the server logs that the users which don't get prompted have an authorization header with a user/pass (or NTLM token) set?

 

 

Are you able to change the default gateway of the test server to the BIG-IP's self IP and disable SNAT? If so, do some users still get prompted for a password?

 

 

Aaron