Environment
Novell Access Manager 3.1.2 Access Gateway Service on Linux
Situation
- Environment has been moved from using the Linux Access Gateway to the Access Gateway Service
- An existing FormFill policy which worked fine with the LAG stopped working using the AGS
- The login form hosted on the webserver includes an input field of type=submit which is required by the web application server in order to login
Resolution
Use on of the two options to solve this problem
- use a custom char rewriter rule to to replace "type=submit" with "type=hidden" and place this rule on the very top of any existing rewriter rule (including the default rule)
- edit the original login page to replace the "type=submit" with "type=hidden"
- The difference between the FormFill Process on the LAG and the AGS has been reported to engineering
Additional Information
- For troubleshooting use a http trace utility (e.g. Live HTTP Headers" plugin for Firefox or the "ieHTTPHeaders)
- Compare the FormFill initiated post between the working an non-working scenario
- Any input field of "type=hidden" will be added to get posted during the FormFill login process