You can still get to that information from the client (IE) if security settings on the browser is adjusted: http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=396274
Not the password though.. Helge -----Original Message----- From: Jason Fisher [mailto:ja...@wanax.com] Sent: 5. februar 2010 17:33 To: cf-talk Subject: Re: ColdFusion & Windows Authentication Right, what Dave said. If the website is set to allow Anonymous Access, then the CGI vars that are tracked by the web server will not be set. ---------------------------------------- From: "Dave Watts" <dwa...@figleaf.com> Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 11:23 AM To: "cf-talk" <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> Subject: Re: ColdFusion & Windows Authentication > When I was dumping the CGI variables on the page most of them were empty, including auth_password and auth_user and from > what I've read CGI variables are read-only so how do these get set? They get set by the web server, when a user authenticates against that web server using HTTP Basic or NTLM Authentication. 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:330450 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
