On index.cfm, you need to run a cflogin tag before the getAuthUser() function will work. This is true in any page that you intend to protect with CFLOGIN authentication.
On 9/15/06, Brent Nicholas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This may make it easier to address this issue. It's all the files in a folder > ready to test. > > http://www.cflhd.gov/TeleconfDocs/LoginTestingbak.zip > > Thanks again - > > BN > > > Ok, so I've searched and read the posts on this list about CFLOGIN, > > I've read Brandon Purcell's power point and read over all the > > Macromedia documentation. I'm actually using most of their code, > > though I've rearranged it to make more sense in what I'm doing to > > prove the concept. > > > > In short it works, but seems to loose the session/user once you leave > > the page that did the login?? Anyone know what I'm doing wrong? I'm > > sure it's something obvious... > > > > I'll get to the nitty gritty here. > > > > Code is laid out as follows and all lives in the same directory: > > > > -----page break------- > > && PageName.cfm > > ---------------------- > > CODE HERE > > --<<<<<<<<end page>>>>>>>>-- > > > > > > > > -----page break------- > > && Application.cfc > > ---------------------- > > <cfcomponent output="false"> > > <!--- define application variables ---> > > <cfset this.name="CFLHD_Intranet" /> > > <cfset this.sessionmanagement="true" /> > > <cfset this.setclientcookies="false" /> > > <cfset this.loginstorage="session"> > > </cfcomponent> > > --<<<<<<<<end page>>>>>>>>-- > > > > > > -----page break------- > > && index.cfm > > ---------------------- > > <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www. > > w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> > > > > <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; lang="en" xml:lang="en"> > > <head> > > <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> > > <title>CFLHD - Intranet</title> > > > > <cfsetting showdebugoutput="Yes"> > > > > </head> > > > > <body> > > > > <cfoutput> > > <h2>Welcome #GetAuthUser()#!</h2><br /> > > #application.applicationname#><br /> > > </cfoutput> > > > > <cfif NOT IsDefined("cflogin")> > > test not logged in <br /> > > <cfelse> > > test logged in <br /> > > </cfif> > > > > <cfif GetAuthUser() EQ ""> > > <a href="LoginForm.cfm">Login</a> > > <cfelse> > > <cfoutput> > > <a > > href="EmployeeDataPage.cfm?emp_id=#GetAuthUser()#">Nicholas, > > Brent</a> > > </cfoutput> > > </cfif> > > </body> > > </html> > > --<<<<<<<<end page>>>>>>>>-- > > > > > > -----page break------- > > && LoginForm.cfm > > ---------------------- > > <H2>Please Log In</H2> > > <cfoutput> > > > <form action="act_LogIn.cfm" method="Post"> > > > <table> > > > <tr> > > > <td>username:</td> > > > <td><input type="text" name="j_username"></td> > > > </tr> > > > <tr> > > > <td>password:</td> > > > <td><input type="password" name="j_password"></td> > > > </tr> > > > </table> > > > <br> > > > <input type="submit" value="Log In"> > > > </form> > > </cfoutput> > > > > --<<<<<<<<end page>>>>>>>>-- > > > > > > -----page break------- > > && act_LogIn.cfm > > ---------------------- > > <cflogin applicationtoken="#application.applicationname#"> > > > > > > <cfif cflogin.name IS "" OR cflogin.password IS ""> > > > <cfoutput> > > > <h2>You must enter text in both the User Name and Password fields. > > </h2> > > > </cfoutput> > > > <cfinclude template="loginform.cfm"> > > > <cfabort> > > > > > <cfelse> > > > > > <!--- remove for simplicity > > > <cfquery name="loginQuery" dataSource="#request.DATASOURCE#"> > > > SELECT ID, ROLE, GROUP_NAME > > > FROM CFL_ADMIN.INTRANET_GROUPS > > > WHERE USER_NAME = '#cflogin.name#' > > > AND PASSWORD = '#cflogin.password#' > > > </cfquery> ---> > > > > > <cfloginuser name="BNICHOLAS" Password="EggARoll" roles="ThaMan"> > > > > > <!--- removed for simplicity > > > <cfif loginQuery.ROLE NEQ ""> > > > <cfloginuser name="#cflogin.name#" Password = "#cflogin.password#" > > roles="#loginQuery.ROLE#"> > > > <cfelse> > > > <cfoutput> > > > <H2>Your login information is not valid.<br>Please Try again</H2> > > > </cfoutput> > > > <cfinclude template="loginform.cfm"> > > > <cfabort> > > > </cfif> ---> > > > > > </cfif> > > > > > </cflogin> > > > > <cfoutput> > > > THIS WORKS FINE, SHOWS USER.... > > <h2>Welcome #GetAuthUser()#!</h2> > > > THOUGH AFTER YOU CLICK THIS YOU'LL LOOSE THE DATA..... > > <a href="index.cfm?#session.urltoken#">index page</a> > > </cfoutput> > > > > --<<<<<<<<end > page>>>>>>>>-- > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:253207 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
