Very interesting. Not sure why you'd want to do it that way, but kind of cool. In light of this new information, I retract my previous statement, and humbly beg forgiveness for my contributions to a discussion to which I obvious have nothing to contribute. I haven't run CF on IIS since 4.5, so that's my excuse. ; )
cheers, barneyb > -----Original Message----- > From: Brad Howerter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 10:08 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: NTFS file permissions don't restrict access > > > That's what I used to think, too, until I read this technote: > http://www.macromedia.com/support/coldfusion/ts/documents/nt_auth_iis.htm > > >The CF Server's user account (by default, the system account) is the one > >that is actually doing the filesystem access, not the user > account that has > >the web browser open. Since CF will alwasy use the same account > to access > >.cfm files, NTFS permissions aren't going to help you at all. They'll > >either allow or disallow ALL access to CF pages, regardless of who is > >connecting, which can be done by simply stoping the CF services. > > > >barneyb > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
