I am relatively new to using Apache and Unix with ColdFusion and I am trying to transpose my IIS/Windows security knowledge. Can anybody point out good how-to's or tutorials on how to implement user authentication and authorization for Cold Fusion applications within an Apache and Unix system? I'm looking for ways to connect to the existing security systems not to create stand alone security for the application that would be maintained in an application specific database or other data store. So that users could use existing security credentials to access an application. In the past I would often do this on windows servers with NTML|Windows Integrated Security and|or Active Directory with LDAP.
P.S. we have a mixed system here, our web servers are Apache/Unix servers but our work stations are Windows XP and there exists a windows network domain with active directory, but I can't see easy ways to access this from ColdFusion code running on the Apache servers. TIA Ian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Check out the new features and enhancements in the latest product release - download the "What's New PDF" now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:285345 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
