Why can't I log in to the HTTP Administrator when running the ODBC-ODBC Bridge server as a named user?

By default, the Windows ODBC-ODBC Bridge server uses the system account. This is usual for NT system services. If you run the ODBC-ODBC Bridge server as a named user, that account may not have sufficient privileges to become another user.

Some ODBC-ODBC Bridge HTTP administrator pages are protected with HTTP authentication. When you log in, the HTTP server temporarily becomes the user you log in as. If the ODBC-ODBC Bridge server can't become that user, you won't be able to access those pages. You can work around this by turning off HTTP authentication. To do this, edit the registry subkey HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\EASYSOFT ODBC-ODBC BRIDGE\CONFIGURATION\SYSTEM\SETTINGS\HTTPADMIN. Change the subkey value to disabled.

Note Running the ODBC-ODBC Bridge server under a named account has security implications. Firstly, anyone with the ODBC-ODBC Bridge client can connect to your data. Secondly, you need to turn off HTTP authentication in the ODBC-ODBC Bridge HTTP server. Doing this means anyone can change the ODBC-ODBC Bridge server settings.

We recommend that you run the ODBC-ODBC Bridge server under the system account.