I'm sure it is possible to implement with PHP and Java servlets (running
with Apache) via modifying http headers. So what's a problem with Cold
Fusion?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Osborne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 6:05 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: HTTP Authorization
>
>
> For one thing, it depends on which server you are using.  If you are using
> IIS, just forget trying to do Auth with CF.  IIS intercepts all
> attempts to
> pass authentication and tuns them agains the NT Users (local/domain) and
> silently fails if the account isn't in that space.  It never even
> calls CF.
> I'm not too sure how it works on Apache, but I think it's the same way.
>
> You can always write an ISAPI DLL to do your authentication, but I don't
> think that's what you had in mind?
>
> -Rick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stanislav Maximov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 8:04 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: HTTP Authorization
>
>
> Do anybody have any idea how to make HTTP authorization with CF?
> I've tried something like this with no success (assuming user will enter
> "user"/"password" as the credentials:
> ---
> <cfif Auth_User is "user" and Auth_Password is "password">
> success!
> <cfelse>
> <cfheader name="'WWW-Authenticate" value="BASIC base64encodingofname
> realm=""Private""">
> <cfheader statuscode="401" statustext="Unauthorized">
> </cfif>
> ---
> Please tell me were am I wrong?
>
> TIA
>
> stas@
>
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