Authenticating users

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Under Web server authentication, there is no such a directory(main) or file(ide.cfm) under cf_root/CFIDE/.

Under Using the Session scope,

it stores the authentication details in a session.cfauthorization variable

should be

it stores the authentication details in a session.cfauthorization_applicationName variable, where

applicationName is the application name defined in Application.cfc, and if the application name is

not defined, the variable name would be session.cfauthorization_ without applicationName.

Just be aware that because the application name becomes a part of the session variable name

(session.cfauthorization_applicationName), its naming needs to follow the rules described under Variable naming rules at

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ColdFusion/10.0/Developing/WSc3ff6d0ea77859461172e0811cbec22c24-7fd3.htm....