the cookies are set on the login page. press a submit button and the cookies are being displayed on the next page fine, but when the user is sent to another server/site, the cookies are lost.
when tested for at the next site cookies are not there. we have tried both <a href> and CFLOCATION with no luck. -----Original Message----- From: Bryan Stevenson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 4:29 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: mulit Servers ahhhh..make sure if you set the cookie that you don't use cflocation after it...the cookie will not get set. If you have to use CFLOCATION after the cookie setting then you can use this... <CFCOOKIE name="userid" value="1"> <cfheader name="location" value="url to go to"> HTH Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. VP & Director of E-Commerce Development Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. t. 250.920.8830 e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------- Macromedia Associate Partner www.macromedia.com --------------------------------------------------------- Vancouver Island ColdFusion Users Group Founder & Director www.cfug-vancouverisland.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce, Rodney S HQISEC/SIGNAL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 4:12 PM Subject: RE: mulit Servers > Thanks for suggestion > > We are trying it but must be missing something. > > If we log in on the portal server itself, the cookie values can be accesses > and viewed, so they seem to be being set. > > but when we log on at a workstation the cookies don't seem to being set or > are disappearing between pages. > > being set on log in page > <CFCOOKIE name="userid" value="1"> > > > on next page just simply trying to output it. > > <CFOUTPUT> > #cookie.userid# > </CFOUTPUT> > > > outputs find on server, but not on client. > > what are we missing? > > Thanks > Rodney > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bryan Stevenson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 3:05 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: mulit Servers > > > non-persistent cookies > > <cfcookie name="PortalUser" value="#qSuccesfulLogin.Session_ID#"> > > How it flows: > > -user logs in > -a successful login adds a record to the session table storing the users ID > and a primary key of Session_ID > -set the cookie as above giving it the value of the session_ID created when > the user logged in > -run a query on all secure pages to pull back security details (not knowing > your setup I can't comment)...do this via application.cfm > > > Ok so the cookie will follow the user from "site" to "site" (server to > server). All you need to do is make sure the cookie is defined (or kick > them to a login form), and use it's value (session_ID) to yank that users > security details (joining the session table to the security table via > user_ID). > > Bookmarking isn't a problem, because once they close their browser the > cookie is gone (being non-persistent). > > Hope that made sense...kinda busy today ;-) > > If ya need more info...just ask. > > Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. > VP & Director of E-Commerce Development > Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. > t. 250.920.8830 > e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------- > Macromedia Associate Partner > www.macromedia.com > --------------------------------------------------------- > Vancouver Island ColdFusion Users Group > Founder & Director > www.cfug-vancouverisland.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bruce, Rodney S HQISEC/SIGNAL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 2:35 PM > Subject: mulit Servers > > > > Hi all > > > > looking for best way of maintaining a session over different > servers/sites. > > > > What we are trying to do is: > > > > User is at a "PORTAL" logs in and gets a menu of all internal (lack of > > better word), websites he has access to. (the Portal is on one server). > > > > User makes selection and gets passed to chosen site (each site is on it's > > own server). > > (each server/site controls the users access within that site. a user > maybe > > a "user" on one site and an administrator on another). > > > > When user is done at the website, either completely signs out or gets > passed > > back to the PORTAL to then possibly get sent to another internal site. > > > > The only pieces of information that need to get passed are the userID and > > that the user has logged in at the portal(login=true). each site is > > independent of the others and contains all needed information for that > site > > (yes unfortunately information is being duped, but can't be helped at this > > point). > > > > Sense none of the servers talk with each other, the only way we can think > of > > is to pass the info in the URL, but then if the user happens to bookmark > a > > page, the info is there and the next time the user can bypass the portal > and > > go straight to the book marked page. > > > > Does anyone know another way of doing this? > > Thanks > > Rodney > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. 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