Yeah, I can't pass the credentials to the client. That's why I wanted to handle 
it with cfftp.


>Robert,
>
>I don't think you will be able to do this.... Unless perhaps you can use a
>unc path or mnt to some other server (although I fail to see how this would
>be more secure). What you need is to be able to FTP from the client directly
>to the FTP server. I guess you will need to look for a Java applet or active
>X to do that - or possibly a flash object? Of course doing it this way means
>that the permissions for the FTP will end up on the client (in order to make
>it's own indpendent connection) which is far less secure (at least for the
>FTP server)  than storing and forwarding the file.
>
>-Mark 
>
>
>Mark A. Kruger, CFG, MCSE
>(402) 408-3733 ext 105
>www.cfwebtools.com
>www.coldfusionmuse.com
>www.necfug.com
>
>So, here is my problem. I need to be able to get a file from a client
>browser to a remote FTP server without storing the file on the CF server.
>It's a government project that won't allow cffile to upload a file from the
>client onto the webserver, but they gave me access to an ftp server
>(requiring authentication of course). So basically, I want to be able to use
>cfftp but that appears to only be able to transfer files that are already on
>the local server. Anyone have a solution that allows the user to get a
>simple browse interface, i.e. cffile, but can put the file on a remote FTP
>server? 

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