That is actually a good find Dave, and shows that IIS is too forgiving!!
Regards,
Andrew Scott
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, 29 August 2001 11:14 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Apache, CF Admin (was: Macromedia ...)
> Just as a point to note. I have not been able to get cf
> administrator in version 5 to work correctly on my
> win2k/apache install. The applet for browsing the server for
> a datasource (or any other function that uses that
> applet) does not work. I continually get i/o errors. I have
> tried it on two seperate machines one that was a
> totally clean install of the os and apache and cf were the
> only apps besides the browsers.
>
> I have spoken with my allaire/macromedia tech support
> contact (we have the support contract) and we have yet to
> get a resolution.
OK. I think I've got the fix for your problem.
The file browsing applet relies on RDS to work. I just tried connecting
via
RDS on my own machine, using Apache 1.3.12 and CF 5, and got a 404
error.
Then, in my CFIDE directory, I copied the Main folder from my web root
directory, and was able to both connect via RDS from Studio, and use the
file browser applet in CF Administrator.
When Studio attempts to connect using RDS, it sends an HTTP request to
/cfide/main/ide.cfm. Now, in CF 5, that file is no longer installed in
that
location. Instead, it's installed in the root web directory as
/main/ide.cfm. If you're using IIS, the existence of the file doesn't
matter, because by default the ISAPI extension automatically forwards
the
request to CF, whether the file exists or not. With Apache, apparently,
the
file's existence is checked before the API module is invoked, so unless
the
file actually exists, RDS won't work.
If you could do me a favor, forward this to your contact so that it can
get
entered into their bug base. Thanks!
Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
http://www.figleaf.com/
voice: (202) 797-5496
fax: (202) 797-5444
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