August 2001
Intermediate to advanced
976 pages
38h 8m
English
CFAUTHENTICATE
<CFAUTHENTICATE>
Authenticates a user within a given security context.
SECURITYCONTEXT="
security_context
"
The name of the security context to authenticate the user within. Required. Security contexts are defined in the ColdFusion Administrator.
USERNAME="
username
"
The name of the user being authenticated. Required.
PASSWORD="
password
"
The password of the user being authenticated. Required.
SETCOOKIE="Yes|No"
If set to Yes, ColdFusion sets an encrypted cookie
on the user’s browser that contains the username, security
context, browser’s remote address, and HTTP user agent.
Optional. The default is Yes.
THROWONFAILURE="Yes|No"
Determines if ColdFusion should throw an exception if authentication
fails. Optional. The default is Yes.
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