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CONFIGURING AND ADMINISTERING COLDFUSION 10
Using the ColdFusion Administrator
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User Manager page
Use the User Manager page to specify the user name, password, description, access rights, exposed services, sandboxes,
and allowed roles for individual users. This page is especially useful for web hosting when multiple ColdFusion
applications are on one server, each maintained by a different user or organization.
You can grant access to the ColdFusion Administrator, which also grants access to the Administrator API.
If the administrator revokes the role of a user while the user is logged in, the revocation takes effect only when the user
logs in again.
The default user ID of an administrator is admin. To change the administrator user ID, add the following in the neo-
security.xml file, replacing admin with the user ID to use:
<var name='admin.userid.root'>
<string>admin</string>
</var>
Add a user
The User Manager lets you create users that have individually tailored access to portions of the ColdFusion
Administrator, the Administrator API, or RDS access.
Note:
To grant ColdFusion Administrator permissions to multiple users, in addition to creating users on the User
Manager page, you must select the Separate Username And Password Authentication option on the Security >
Administrator page. Similarly, you must select the Separate Username And Password Authentication option on the RDS
page to grant RDS access to multiple users.
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In Security > User Manager, click Add User.
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Specify the username, password, and then confirm the password.
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Optionally, enter a description.
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Select the following options:
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Allow RDS access
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Allow Administrative access: Select one of the following: Administrator Console & API Access and API Access Only.
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Select the ColdFusion Administrator pages that you want the user to be able to access.
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Select any sandboxes that you want the user to be able to access.
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Select the services that you want the user to be able to access.
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Click Add User.
Note:
To select multiple contiguous sandboxes or roles, press the Shift key while making selections. To select multiple
noncontiguous sandboxes or roles, press the Control key while making selections.
After you create a user, you must log into the ColdFusion Administrator using both a username and password. The
default username for the root administrator is admin. To change it, you must edit the neo-security.xml file by changing
the string "admin" in admin.userid.root, as follows:
<var name="admin.userid.root">
<string>admin</string>
</var>
When you grant access to specific Administrator pages, the user sees only those pages after logging in to the
Administrator. When you grant Administrator API access and select roles, the user can access the API only for the
pages you specified.