AUTHORIZE.CFM
By Grant I. Szabo
EnterAct Consulting Group (http://consulting.enteract.com)
407 S. Dearborn, 6th Floor, Chicago, IL 60605
Voice: (312)588-2925 Fax: 312-588-2944

May 1, 1998
	  	  
This software is distributed freely and may be modified to
suit your individual purposes.  This software is provided
"as is" and no warranty of any type is provided or implied.

Files used with this application:

/db_root/db1.mdb - your access database file
/admin/authorize.cfm - this file
/admin/index.cfm - the login screen
/admin/toc.cfm - the table of contents page (seen after authenticating)

The purpose of authorize.cfm is to allow you to password protect the /admin
directory.  This will allow you to create extranet applications in 
the /admin directory.

authorize.cfm recognizes the type of identification data that 
it receives and runs a query against your datasource to validate
the User.  This software relies on the existence of the table 
"passwords" in your datasource.  This is distributed with the
default db1.mdb file that you received when you purchased your
CompleteActNT account with EnterAct, LLC.

In order to implement security in a template, simply
CFINCLUDE this template	at the very top of your template using the syntax:
	
		<cfinclude template="authorize.cfm">
		
And save your file with the .cfm extension.  Next, you need to populate 
your passwords table in your datasource.  Usernames and Passwords are entered 
manually into the db1.mdb file in your /db_root directory.  You may optionally
wish to write an extranet application that allows you to insert, update, 
and/or delete usernames and passwords in your database.  Please see the
whitepaper at http://nt.enteract.com/customers on connecting to live datasources
if you wish to manually populate the passwords table.

Comments are provided throughout this file, as well as index.cfm, also in the /admin 
directory, to help guide you through configuring security on your
CompleteActNT Dynamic account.

A final note, the use of cookies is required for authorize.cfm to function 
correctly.  Thus, you should have cookies turned on in your web browser.
	
Cold Fusion Documentation is available at http://nt.enteract.com/cfdocs
	
If you require assistance, EnterAct's consulting division provides hourly
based Cold Fusion support.  Please email [email protected]
to have a consultant call you.