This section of the Readme contains late-breaking information related to third-party components used with Cognos Access Manager.
In Microsoft Windows 2003 systems configured to use Integrated Authentication, on logon, users are prompted for their Windows credentials.
To use Windows Authentication on a Win2003 Web server, you must remove anonymous access to the file or directory, and select Integrated Windows Authentication.
When you use a browser on a different Windows 2003 computer than the one where your Web server is installed, you must either disable enhanced security for Internet Explorer or specify the name of the Web server in the list of localhost sites for your browser.
If you use a browser on the same Windows 2003 computer as the one where your Web server is installed, you always get prompted (Microsoft behavior). To solve this problem, see the Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 829011.
Sun Microsystems has uncovered a security vulnerability that exists in Sun Java System Directory Server version 5.2. Sun Java System Directory Server version 5.2 is available on the Supplementary Software CD that is packaged with Series 7 Version 4.
For information about this security vulnerability and recommendations to address it, visit the Sun Microsystems Website to access the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102875-1
When you add an Informix data source to your namespace to connect to an Informix Database Server version 10 using Informix Connect Version 2.9, the Access Manager Administration tool may terminate unexpectedly.
Note: Other client tools, such as Architect and Transformer, are also affected.
This problem occurs because of a defect in the IBM Informix Connect Runtime for Windows client. The problem was fixed in version 2.90.TC6 and later. However, to implement the fix, you must set an environment variable.