ColdFusion 9, and all IIS 7 sites when making changes to the website on IIS will make changes and create a web.config file. This is normal.
-- Regards, Andrew Scott WebSite: http://www.andyscott.id.au/ Google+: http://plus.google.com/113032480415921517411<http://plus.google.com/108193156965451149543> On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have a client with a site on a shared host. Yesterday, the site was > throwing 500 server errors and reporting that files in CFIDE directory > could not be found. > > The tech at the hosting company did some changes which resolved the > problem. However, one of the changes involved putting the web.config file > in the web root. > > This is a CF9 site on IIS. I have never encountered web.config in web root > on a CF site running on Windows. Doesn't seem to me that it should be > there. > > Also, now if I go to domainname.com/CFIDE I get a 403 error page with some > site info displayed. Doesn't seem like that is good practice. > > Am I missing something obvious, or being too paranoid? > > Mama Mo > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:352316 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
