Re-authenticating to a Vault

When Connection Manager starts, the configured Secret Server connection are displayed under the Connections tab, but they are not connected.

To reauthenticate an existing Secret Server connection, either:

• Double-click the closed-lock icon in the navigation menu, or

• On the Connections page, in the list right-click the connection you wish to open and select Connect.

  

If you lose your internet connection to Secret Server, Connection Manager makes multiple attempts to automatically reauthenticate to Secret Server in the background. After 30 seconds, Connection Manager displays the dialog, Attempting to Auto-Reauthenticate to [Secret Server name] for three more minutes and continues to attempt to reauthenticate. The dialog displays a Cancel button for users who wish to drop the connection, and a Reauthenticate button for users who wish to attempt to manually attempt to reauthenticate. If at any time during this period the Secret Server connection is regained, Connection Manager automatically reauthenticates. If the period passes without reauthenticating to Secret Server, the dialog closes, the Connect dialog opens, and the user must reauthenticate through Connection Manager when reauthenticating to Secret Server.

Reauthentication will not work if the session was launched via protocol handler from the browser. Connection Manager was designed to handle sessions that were launched in browsers, such as "Launch" and "Forget". In this case, Connection Manager does not have access to any Secret Server parameters, proxies or credentials not stored and not accessible after running sessions. This was done as a security measure. For Connection Manager to reauthenticate, it needs to have access to the secret, which is why it is recommended that users run sessions under Connection Manager.