> > Ack - if anyone knows why IIS would prompt for a password 
> > even when Allow Anon is turned on - I would GREATLY appreciate 
> > it. 
>
> This happened to us on a server we locked down pretty hard 
> security-wise via ACLs and Black Ice Defender for Server.  
> Everything was humming along nicely, then we applied a hot 
> fix for CFCONTENT and everything required a Windows OS login.
> 
> We carefully back-tracked our latest changes and discovered 
> the new versions of files that we'd replaced, then reapplied 
> our tightened security settings on those files. From that 
> point onward, everything worked like a charm and no more 
> OS login request.

The specific file in question, if you're using IIS, is
\cfusion\bin\iscf.dll, on which you need to set read/execute permissions for
whatever IIS users you want. Typically, I just allow read/execute for all
authenticated users on that file.

> > (Yes, I'm a CF Jedi, but an IIS Bantha Fodder...)

Use your anger, Ray. Welcome to the dark side!

Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
http://www.figleaf.com/
voice: (202) 797-5496
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