Author: Eriksson Joakim, Teknikhuset AB.

Published: 2002-10-28

Applies to: Content Studio ver. 3.2 +

Type: Information


Symptoms

A user, not logged in and surfing on a Content Studio web site, hits a protected location and cancels the logon dialog that appears. After this the user loses her anonymous session and is prompted what ever she selects on the site.

Cause

IIS clears the users Anonymous session when the user is attempting to logon to the system via a web browser. This is true whether the logon attempt was successful or not.

Resolution

IIS clears the users Anonymous session when the user is attempting to logon to the system via a web browser. This is true whether the logon attempt was successful or not.

Status

The Content Studio team are aware of this behavour but currently there is no work around avaliable.