> I have a question about Siteminder integration. > > We've been mandated from on high to chage our security code > to use a variable set by a third party app called Siteminder. > Orginally we used cgi.remote_user which was set by the server. > We are being told that we have to use a variable called > client.user_id which is set by Siteminder. > > As an aside we use cgi.remote_user to determine login status, > if it exists and is not null the user is logged in, otherwise > the user is redirected to a login prompt. > > My question is this: If a third party app sets a variable in > the client scope, can CF5.0 see it and use it.
Well, first, I know you can use Siteminder with any version of CF. It generally plugs into your web server. Second, the Client scope is specific to CF. Siteminder will set CGI or Cookie variables. They may be called Client.whatever, but you'll have to access them using the specific scope prefix corresponding to where they're set, so you might end up with something like CGI.Client.user_id. > I'm not sure if this is the same product or not..... > > They're using it for Single sign on in a linux/unix environment.. It is essentially the same product. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:265090 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
