Peter, Just a note to thank you for your assistance on the following. In the end, I had to resort to that old reliable -- when all else fails -- remove everything including Win 98 and do a complete rebuild from scratch.
Thanks, Nick At 05:20 PM 12/10/2002, you wrote: >Right click on the web root folder (usually inetpub\wwwroot) and select >properties, then Security. > >== >Peter Tilbrook >Project Officer >Strategic Development >Australian Building Codes Board >Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources >GPO Box 9839 >CANBERRA ACT 2601 >AUSTRALIA > > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Telephone: (02) 6213 6731 > Mobile: 0439 401 823 >Facsimile: (02) 6213 7287 > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Nick Baker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Wednesday, 11 December 2002 10:06 AM >To: CF-Talk >Subject: RE: Anonymous Access to Web Server -- CF 5.0 > > >Dan, > >Thanks, for the quick reply. Do you have hint as to a starting point to >accomplish this? > >Nick > > >At 04:09 PM 12/10/2002, you wrote: > >Add permission for the userID IUSR. This is the anonymous username and >Win2k > >(and XP) use. > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Nick Baker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 5:06 PM > >To: CF-Talk > >Subject: Anonymous Access to Web Server -- CF 5.0 > > > > > >First and foremost -- I am a self proclaimed illiterate (in totality) > >regarding Network admin, security\permissions, etc. knowledge. > > > >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 > > > >Access using the dir\filename, as below, works. > > > >http://localhost/index.html and c:\inetpub\wwwroot\index.html > > > > > >All of the documentation that came with CF 5.0 and that I can find on the > >Macromedia.com Web site addresses Win 95, 98, NT and 2000. Some of the > >directories, file names, etc. described for those OS's don't appear to have > >different names or are in different locations in XP Pro > > > >Any help would be appreciated? > > > >Thanks, > > > >Nick > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm

