> What is webroot\main\ide.cfm. I found it in my web > directory, and I didn't explicitly put it there, so I > figure that it must have been done during the ColdFusion > 5 install. A google search on the filename reveals > tons of pages.. ( ?) > > The text of the page is a simple HTML page, no body just a > head with the title text "IDE Interface Base Page" .
As others have already mentioned, this is the page that acts, in a way, as the interface for RDS clients. What hasn't been mentioned is that, in prior versions of CF, the location of the Main folder has been within CFIDE, and that's actually the path that CF Studio uses for RDS requests. Basically, the file and directory are simply placeholders. They don't actually do anything. However, when you use CF Studio to connect via RDS, it'll send a request that looks something like this: POST /CFIDE/Main/ide.cfm HTTP/1.1 .. Now, the interesting thing is that there's actually a minor bug in CF 5 (on Windows, anyway) - it puts this directory in the wrong place. It puts the directory in your web root, instead of putting it in the /CFIDE directory. Most of the time, this doesn't matter, but it may cause odd things to happen. For example, if you're using Apache as a web server (at least on Windows), you won't be able to connect via RDS, because Apache has to check the permissions on the file before the CF module can handle the request. Of course, if the file is in the wrong place, Apache's permissions check will fail, and so will the RDS request. The fix in this case is to simply move the directory to the proper location within CFIDE. Another odd thing may occur with IIS. By default, you may place permissions on the directory or file, and prevent anonymous access to RDS that way - or you may enable SSL. However, by default, IIS doesn't check for a file's existence before passing the request to the appropriate ISAPI extension, so any ACLs you set on the directory won't ever be checked, because the file is in the wrong place, and CF doesn't really care about the file at all - as mentioned above, CF is simply looking for that POST request for the file. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ______________________________________________________________________ Why Share? Dedicated Win 2000 Server · PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation · $99/Month · Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionc FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
