Why is Tomcat behaviour different in two pcs?

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I did the same install in 2 pcs, both have the default tomcat-users.xml , one (with administrator rights) doesn't ask for password/user when trying to access localhost:8080, the other one (without administrator rights) asks for a username and password.

Why does that happens? Should I config manually the tomcat-users.xml with administrator role?

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score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:50

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I don't know about this kind of behaviour but when I installed it, it didn't have any default user. I added user with required permissions. For adding new user you can follow these

https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-7.0-doc/manager-howto.html#Configuring_Manager_Application_Access

Or these

How do I use Apache tomcat 7 built in Host Manager gui?

Instructions.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:50

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answered Mar 08 '16 at 18:20

Rehan Haider

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I don't have any default user, for some reason in one pc it isn't prompting anything and just works fine. – Pablo Mar 08 '16 at 18:22
Are you using it alone or with a 3rd party software like net beans? – Rehan Haider Mar 08 '16 at 18:26
Alone, I didn't test it with eclipse (which is what I need) – Pablo Mar 08 '16 at 18:27
Usually when we accessing localhost:8080 then we don't need any kind of permissions. We need them when we open application manager. – Rehan Haider Mar 08 '16 at 18:34
So, do I need to gran administrator permissions to the app? – Pablo Mar 08 '16 at 18:37
Can you upload screenshot of window which asks for password? – Rehan Haider Mar 08 '16 at 18:40
Please clear one thing, Windows asks for administrator username and password or browser asks for username and password? – Rehan Haider Mar 08 '16 at 18:46
It's the browser when trying to access localhost:8080 – Pablo Mar 08 '16 at 18:51
Then add a user in tomcat-users.xml with required permissions and use it. – Rehan Haider Mar 08 '16 at 18:56
Thanks, I will try tomorrow. – Pablo Mar 08 '16 at 18:57

Why is Tomcat behaviour different in two pcs?

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