> First and foremost -- I am a self proclaimed illiterate > (in totality) regarding Network admin, security\permissions, > etc. knowledge.
Are you sure you want to install server software, then? Sorry, but I had to ask. > I recently installed CF 5.0 on a new computer system running > Windows XP Pro. > > Anonymous access to the web server is not working when trying > to access for example http://127.0.0.1/index.html. I.e., I > can't get around the requirement for a User Name and Password I don't think things have changed that much in Windows XP, although I haven't used it much. Find your web root (by default, c:\inetpub\wwwroot) in the Windows Explorer, then right-click on it, select Properties, and go to the Security tab. Allow read/execute rights for any users that you want to allow to access these files - for anonymous access, that would be the IIS anonymous user, IUSR_MACHINENAME (where "MACHINENAME" would be the name of your machine). Find the directory where you installed CF (by default, c:\cfusion), then within there, drill down to the "bin" subdirectory, right-click on the file ISCF.DLL, then set the permissions on that file to allow read/execute rights for "Authenticated Users". Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting.
