remember that using cfcontent to deliver files puts load onto coldfusio, as every file has to be loaded into memory and served up, if you have a lot of files to serve then this could easily overload CF. Serving the file directly from an authenticated folder will not involve cf at all and will be handled by the web server.
On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 6:53 AM, Byron Mann <byronos...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Sounds like you could have the files in a non public directory like c:/docs > > Once users are autheticated, you might just have a link to > getpdf.cfm?filename=myfile.pdf. > > The getpdf.cfm would just have a cfcontent tag which reads the pdf from the > private c:/docs directory and sets the proper mime type. > > Byron Mann > Lead Engineer and Architect > Hostmysite.com > On Mar 2, 2012 9:58 AM, "Rob Voyle" <robvo...@voyle.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi Folks > > > > I am creating an online library (mainly pdfs with some MSWord) on windows > > based server administered primarily with Plesk. > > > > Subscribers have to log in using unique passwords stored in a data base. > > > > What is the simplest way to protect the library directories. I can't > > figure out how > > to integrate my login with the windows/plesk login. > > > > Thanks > > Rob > > Robert J. Voyle, Psy.D. > > Director, Clergy Leadership Institute > > For Coaching and Training in Appreciative Inquiry > > Author: Assessing Skills and Discerning Calls > > http://www.clergyleadership.com/ > > 503-647-2378 or 503-647-2382 > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:350222 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
