User Guide

cfloginuser 281
cfloginuser
Description
Identifies an authenticated user to ColdFusion. Specifies the user ID and roles. Used within a
cflogin tag.
Category
Security tags
Syntax
<cfloginuser
name = "name"
password = "password-string"
roles = "roles">
See also
cflogin, cflogout, GetAuthUser, IsUserInRole, cfapplication,
Chapter 16,
“Securing Applications” in ColdFusion MX Developer’s Guide
History
ColdFusion MX 6.1: Changed behavior: if the Session scope is enabled, and the cfapplication
tag
loginStorage attribute is set to Session, the login remains in effect until the session expires
or the user is logged out by the
cflogout tag.
ColdFusion MX: Added this tag.
Attributes
Usage
Used inside the cflogin tag to identify the authenticated user to ColdFusion. After you call this
function, the
GetAuthUser and IsUserInRoles return the user name and role information.
Note: By default, the user information is stored as memory-only cookies. The cfapplication tag or
the Application.cfc This.loginStorage variable can specify that login information be stored in the
Session scope.
Example
See cflogin on page 278.
Attribute Req/Opt Default Description
name Required A username.
password Required A user password.
roles Required A comma-delimited list of role identifiers.
ColdFusion processes spaces in a list element as part of the
element.