Authenticates a user name and password against the NT domain on which ColdFusion server is running, and optionally retrieves the user’s groups.
<cfntauthenticate username="" password="" domain="">
cfntauthenticate(username="", password="", domain="");
| Name | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| username | string | Yes | User’s login name. | |
| password | string | Yes | User’s login name. | |
| domain | string | Yes | Domain against which to authenticate the user. The ColdFusion J2EE server must be running on this domain. |
|
| result | variableName | No | cfntauthenticate | Name of the variable in which to return the results. Default: cfntauthenticate |
| listgroups | boolean | No | NO | Boolean value specifying whether to Include a comma-delimited list of the user’s groups in the result structure. Default: false |
| throwonerror | boolean | No | NO | Boolean value specifying whether to throw an exception if the validation fails. If this attribute is true, ColdFusion throws an error if the user name or password is invalid; the application must handle such errors in a try/catch block or ColdFusion error handler page. Default: false |