Dave, On my previous Win2K3 server, the only way I was able to get scheduled tasks to run properly was to allow anonymous access to the subfolder in the application which stored the scripts for scheduled tasks. This worked fine for several years on the old server.
I was trying to do the same thing on the new Win2K8R2 server (IIS 7.5). The application requires NTLM authentication, but I haven't been able to get the scheduled tasks to run. Even when I hit the scheduled task pages directly in a browser (Firefox and Chrome), I am prompted to login with Active Directory credentials. I also tried turning the subfolder in question into a virtual application in IIS 7.5 but that didn't seem to make any difference. Anyway, as you indicate, it appears that under IIS 7.5 you can't open a "security hole" (my quotes) by allowing anonymous access to a subfolder in a site requiring authentication. So my workaround is to create a new site just for running scheduled tasks, and have that entire site allow anonymous authentication (thanks also to Russ who kinda suggested this). I am now able to get these scheduled tasks to run properly. Thank you Dave and Russ for your suggestions! -Carl On 8/10/2012 4:19 PM, Dave Watts wrote: >> OK. I created a local Windows user account named "SchedTasks". I gave that >> account read permissions to the folder. I set >> Anonymous Authentication to "Enabled" just for that folder, and set the >> credentials to use the SchedTasks account. In the CF >> Scheduled Task, I specified SchedTask for the username, and filled in the >> correct password. I still get the 401.2 error when >> running the scheduled task. > If you're creating a user account for CF to use, why would you enable > anonymous authentication? That's not going to help you any. > > First, I'd recommend that you don't even bother testing from CF yet. > Test from Firefox or some other non-IE HTTP client (wget, etc). > > Second, I don't think you can set anonymous authentication for a > folder, as such - it has to be a virtual server or a virtual > application. I could be wrong about that, though. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > http://training.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on > GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:352126 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
