> I have to say I have never once had that in my 12 years of installing cf > servers, if the cfide dir or vdir doesn't exist , then cfide or the > administrator doesn't work, period.
I have seen this many times. Again, as mentioned previously, it's not at all obvious - you request the URL /CFIDE/Administrator/ and you get a 404 from the web server, but /CFIDE/Administrator/index.cfm gives you a 200 for the CF Administrator. You can easily tell when this happens because the images (which are static files not served by CF) are not displayed. > So there must be some.very special.circumstances for that to happen, it > certainly doesn't happen on a standard windows install. The circumstances are not all that special, and happen under the exact situations I described. If you install CF with the CF Administrator and do not move or delete it, then you set up a web server without the CF Administrator, CF will be able to run /CFIDE/Administrator/index.cfm. Again, we typically demonstrate this in class, so it's fairly replicable. The key is simply to be aware of servlet mappings and how they work. 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:354319 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
