Why don't you just define two aliases in your vhosts config? Alias /CFIDE Alias /cfide
I've done this for years, and it works 100% of the time, with no muss and no fuss. Steve 'Cutter' Blades Adobe Community Professional Adobe Certified Expert Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Developer ____________ http://cutterscrossing.com Co-Author "Learning Ext JS 3.2" Packt Publishing 2010 https://www.packtpub.com/learning-ext-js-3-2-for-building-dynamic-desktop-style-user-interfaces/book "The best way to predict the future is to help create it" On 2/22/2013 3:52 PM, Al Musella, DPM wrote: > In a case like this, would this work: > create a /cfide/administrator/ directory in every website... and > have an index.cfm file there that looks like the real administrator > log in, but responds that every password is invalid... and also bans > that IP address from the rest of the websites on the server? This > way - they waste thier time hitting a page that has no database > connection so it shouldn't tax the server too much - and it won't > allow them in on the real pages? > > > > > >> As long ad you do have a real cfide vdir in the site, which u need for >> ajax,.cfform etc anyway, then you wont have that problem. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:354646 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm

