> One ASP plus in the "what can ASP do that CF can't" and vice versa:
>
> If IIS is set up to authenticate using NT credentials, those same
> credentials can be used in all actions taken by an ASP script. For
> instance, if you want to connect to a file server and retrieve a
> file, you can do it with the credentials of the browser user, not
> IUSR_<machinename> or IWAM_<machinename>. AFAIK there is no equivalent
> CF functionality - if there is, I'd love to know about it!
It's new to CF 4.5, but you can now use the CFIMPERSONATE tag. I agree that
this was a big pain in CF in the past.
<CFIMPERSONATE USERNAME="juser"
PASSWORD="mypasswd"
SECURITYCONTEXT="MYNTDOMAIN"
TYPE="OS">
...
</CFIMPERSONATE>
Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
http://www.figleaf.com/
voice: (202) 797-5496
fax: (202) 797-5444
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