Problem with Jira 4.4 running via Jakarta Connector over IIS 6.0 with Basic Authentication

[Oliver Kühnl]

The loginrequest by the server keeps poping up while over IIS.
When i call the tomcat directly (no ad authentication) it works. Then also over the IIS.
The entered username and password are valid. Also the username and password in Jira matches Domain.

The documentation demands anonymous access on the webpage (isapi) on the server (iis).
My systemadministrator demands that i do not use anonymous access on the server (iis).

Atlatssian Support couldn't help and told me to ask here.

Is there a solution to use Jira 4.4 with basic authentication?

[Tiago Comasseto]

Hi Oliver,

Judging by your description, you are facing the problem described in this KB aticle. The problem is that basic authentication will always prompt a pop up login screen, at least the first time, then you can save the credentials.

In case the problem is that, even entering a valid username and password, you still can't pass the pop up login screen, it may be that you need to set a default logon domain, as suggested in this Microsoft page.

However, if you can't set the anonymous access and don't want to see the pop up screen, you can try to set the Integrated Windows Authentication

I hope this helps

Cheers