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Azadi wrote:
> just run wsconfig.exe

And there would be no problem having two web serves running both serving
up ColdFusion pages?

I would presume not if the two web servers are running on different
ports, but I have to say I have never tried this. Or even conceived it
before now.

Following this line of thought, it should be possible to have
ColdFusion's built in web server, IIS and Apache all serving up
ColdFusion applications on the same Windows OS as long as each web
server has it's own port, correct.

I'm not sure why one would really want all that, but I'm almost geeky
enough just to try it someday if I ever have some spare time.

you might think that weissbier has hampered with my typing, too... but i
prefer to blame it on the lame keyboard on this acer lap...

Azadi Saryev
Sabai-dee.com
http://www.sabai-dee.com/

just run wsconfig.exe located in {cf_install_dir}/runtime/bin, or,
easier, you should have a Web Server Configuration Tool item in your
Start > All Programs > Adobe > Coldfusion 8 [or Start > All Programs >
Macromedia > Coldfusion MX 7]

it should automatically see your IS server an let you configure it. just
select "All IIS Websites" option and click OK.

You will then have to go into IIS Management Console and delete
iisstart.aps in Default Document tab, otherwise your server will keep
prompting you for a username and password.

NOTE: this all is from memory, which has been hampered by a couple of
Weihenstephan Heffe Weissbier glasses...

Azadi Saryev
Sabai-dee.com
http://www.sabai-dee.com/

emmim44 wrote:
I execute a CF page using http://localhost:8500 since it is built in
server...
My IIS is set up.
My environment is intranet...
I am using my local machine as cf server...
etc

Well if you have CF's built in server and IIS set up then you have two
web servers running. One on port 8500 serving ColdFusion pages and
another, probably on port 80, that knows who you are because of it's
'Windows Integrated' security feature.

Obviously you need to get this consolidated into one web server that
both runs ColdFusion and knows how to use Windows Integrated security to
inform you of who is using your CF applications.

In other words you need to reconfigure your ColdFusion application
server to utilize your IIS web server. Unfortunately I cannot advice
you on how this is done after ColdFusion has been installed. I have
*always* configured my CF to use IIS when I install it.

All of this is on your local machine correct?

I execute a CF page using http://localhost:8500 since it is built in server... My IIS is set up. My environment is intranet...I am using my local machine as cf server...etc

emmim44 wrote:
> The output from #CGI.AUTH_USER# after turning on the 'Integrated Authentication' is nada... I am running my local CF server as built in...
> How would I do that?

Well the built in CF web server is not 'Windows' so it does not play
with 'Windows Integrated Authentication', but then you shouldn't have
the IIS management console where one would "turn on 'Integrated
Authentication'", if you are not using IIS as your web server.

So can you explain your server configuration here? What is your web
server? Where is your ColdFusion server? How have they been tied together?

The output from #CGI.AUTH_USER# after turning on the 'Integrated Authentication' is nada... I am running my local CF server as built in...
How would I do that?

tclaremont wrote:
> In my case I use the following, since I know my
> domain and the slash are ten characters long: <CFSET VisitorName =
> #lcase(removeChars(cgi.auth_user, 1, 10))#>

A slightly easier way to do this, that does not require one 'knowing'
one's domain. Even though that should be well known.

<cfset userName = listLast(cgi.auth_user,"\")>
<cfset domain = listFirst(cgi.auth_user,"\")>

As has been mentioned before in this thread....

IF you are using Internet Information Services and you have Integrated Authentication turned on (a checkbox within IIS), you can use the cgi variable #CGI.AUTH_USER#.

This will return the doman name and username of the person logged into the computer visiting your site. If you are unsure of your envrionment, go ahead and put #CGI.AUTH_USER# on a blank page and run the page. What do you get? When YOU view the page on your intranet it should return your domain/username.

Using simple string functions you can trim the domain name, since you KNOW what the domain name will be. In my case I use the following, since I know my domain and the slash are ten characters long: <CFSET VisitorName = #lcase(removeChars(cgi.auth_user, 1, 10))#>

With this information, I can do a quick lookup in my user database to determine the permissions for the user in question, using the variable I set above as #VisitorName#.

If the user tries to access a section of the site that they do NOT have permissions for, or in the bizzare case where the username is undefined, I use CFLOCATION to transport them to an Access Request Page. They fill out the request form, and ColdFusion emails it to me. I change the requestors permissions in the database and they are then allowed to view the originally requested page.

It is a intranet environment... not external web...