Why must the user have ADMIN rights? Isn't that a little unsafe? I would think that all you would need is the user to be a guest rather than admin. Matt Knight wrote: > > >From my experience, any CFILE or CFDIRECTORY usage where you will be > accessing another server requires 1) User that CF runs as on the web server > to have ADMIN rights on the other server(s). > Example: > > IF coldfusion runs as a local administrator on the web server, an account > with the same name and password must exist on the other servers local domain > AND have admin rights. > > What I did was create a NEW user account on the web server with admin > rights, change the CF services to run as that account, then create the same > account on the other server. IF you the two servers are in the same domain, > you can use a domain account rather than a local domain account. > > Matt Knight > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Christopher A Hayward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CFList" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 11:25 AM > Subject: cfdirectory... > > > OK guys I seem to be having a disagreement with a co-worker on using the > > cfdirectory and trying to grab data from another server. He's read that > > you must allow the CF account access to the directory that he's trying > > to get his data and I think you must use the IIS anonymous user. Of > > course, we could be going in a completely wrong direction so any insight > > would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Here's the code in case there's something wrong with it: > > > > <HTML> > > <HEAD> > > <TITLE>List Directory Information</TITLE> > > </HEAD> > > > > <BODY> > > <H2>List Directory Information</H2> > > <cf_act_browser> > > <cfset attributes.dirLocation = > > "\\server1\eucnet\inetpub\wwwroot\test\chayw2"> > > <cfoutput>#attributes.dirLocation#</cfoutput> > > <CFDIRECTORY > > DIRECTORY="#attributes.dirLocation#" > > NAME="mydirectory" > > SORT="size ASC, name DESC, datelastmodified"> > > > > <TABLE> > > <TR> > > <TH>Name</TH> > > <TH>Modified</TH> > > </TR> > > <CFOUTPUT QUERY="mydirectory"> > > <cfif mydirectory.type EQ "File"> > > <cfset fileLocation = > > ReplaceNoCase(attributes.dirLocation,"v:","server2/shareddb")> > > <cfset fileLocation = > > ReplaceNoCase(fileLocation,"\","/","ALL")> > > <cfset fileLocation = #fileLocation#&#mydirectory.name#> > > <TR> > > <TD><a href="file:////#fileLocation#" <cfif > > BrowserType EQ > > "MSIE">target="_blank"</cfif>>#mydirectory.name#</a></TD> > > <TD>#mydirectory.type#</TD> > > </TR> > > </cfif> > > </CFOUTPUT> > > </TABLE> > > > > </BODY> > > </HTML> > > -- > > Sincerely, > > > > Chris Hayward > > Systems Engineer > > JCPenney Direct Marketing Services > > 972.881.6545 voice > > 972.672.2248 cell > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This email server is running an evaluation copy of the MailShield anti- > spam software. Please contact your email administrator if you have any > questions about this message. MailShield product info: www.mailshield.com > > ----------------------------------------------- > To post, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To subscribe / unsubscribe: http://www.dfwcfug.org -- Sincerely, Chris Hayward Systems Engineer JCPenney Direct Marketing Services 972.881.6545 voice 972.672.2248 cell
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