We have CF pages with links to files on file servers. All of the links are of the type <a href="file://path to file/filename.xxx">Label</a> and everything works just fine. Now access to files on these servers is going to be controlled by username/password.
Is there a way in CF to build/process these links so they pass the required username/password combination to the file server when a file is requested? If there is, is there a way to encrypt the request so the username/password are not exposed? (We looked at cfhttp and cfftp but they appear not to fit.) Some of these files are quite large, so we would like the file access to bypass the web server. (Side question - am I correct that file:// requests bring files directly from the file server to the client and not through the CF server to the client?) To accomplish what we are trying to do, is our only solution to have CF running under its own username and then grant permissions to that username to access the files on the file server? Thanks! George [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
