Access Denied

[colesc8]

I have an upload form set as follows: <cfinsert datasource = 'pre_reg_info'
tablename = 'upload_table' formfields = ''> <cffile action='upload'
filefield='Form.file_upload' destination='www.ictmt7.org/uploads'> When I try
to upload a file to the remote site I get an error message: Security: The
requested template has been denied access to cffile. The following is the
internal exception message: access denied
(coldfusion.tagext.GenericTagPermission cffile) It works perfectly well when I
try it on my testing server. Has anyone else seen this before and knows
anything about what is going wrong? Would appreciate your help. Colin

[JamesDad]

This may be a dumb question, but... is it possible that CFFILE disabled in CF Administrator on the remote site?

[colesc8]

Thanks for the response, Jim. Believe me when it comes to levels of
understanding I am way below dumb! Yes. I think it was the problem - however,
having cleared that hurdle I have run up against another one as follows: When I
now try to upload a file, I get: String index out of range: -6 I'm currently
searching around for a solution to the problem but would appreciate your help
if you have come across this before. Colin

[vkunirs]

Hi

We can denide the access to use the CFfile tag in cf admin. there we can
restrict to use the cffile tag.

for the destination we need to give the full path in the cffile tag.
try to give the full path of the directory, where you want to upload the
file

[Abinidi]

This: destination='www.ictmt7.org/uploads'> Is not correct syntax. The
destination has to be a local path on the server such as :
c:\inetpub\website\folder\ or /var/www/html/websitefolder/ on a unix
system.

[Willow315]

Hello: I am also having troubles with a CFFILE upload. However, I am getting no
error message, doing just a simple upload, but even though the action page
returns a successful file upload message, the key that indicates whether the
file was saved says, NO, and indeed the file has not been saved to the folder
I'm using. I am using the full path, when attempting to upload the file to a
separate folder, or a function that will save the file into the same folder as
the form and action template. It works on my test server, but not on the live
server. I, too am at a loss. I have been all over the Macromedia Knowledge
base, have received great advice, but nothing I do works. I'm testing this
process with a sample set of files right out of the Cold Fusion MX Web
Application Construction Kit. You'd think it would work. I've read every
instruction I can think of. Here's the code for the form and the action page,
minus the output that gives all the info about the uploaded file

<CFFILE
DESTINATION="#GetDirectoryFromPath(GetBaseTemplate Path())#"
ACTION="Upload"
NAMECONFLICT="Overwrite"
FILEFIELD="FileName">

[Willow315]

Well, it didn't pick up the form code, but it's pretty standard. I just don't
get what could possibly be wrong except maybe security settings on the server,
but why no error or access denied message. Also, I have made sure that nothing
is restricted in CF Administrator. If anyone can help, I'd really appreciate
it. Thanks, WCW

[ron_c]

I?ve been struggling off and on for the past two weeks to find a solution to
the error message, "Access Denied. The file may not exist, or there could be a
permission problem." This may be of assistance to others with this problem
because these fixes have not been well publicized by Macromedia .

1) the Contribute XML file that controls what contribute can do may be at
fault (this is stored in the "_mm" directory inside your website). It may need
to be deleted and auto-recreated.

2) Turn off rollbacks.

3) In User Roles, UNCHECK the box "Do not let users delete files."

4). In the Dreamweaver site definition, DO NOT check the box to make
Dreamweaver compatible with Contribute.

5) For the _mm folder, check that you have permissions. If you do, the time
and date for the file "cthub<random numbers>.csi" will change when you modify
any setting.

[batfink21]

Like you, I've been struggling to get Contribute 3 (and the updated 3.1) to
work for a couple of weeks.

I was very pleased to see your suggestions and I went through the set-up
making sure everything was as you've described in your message. As far as I
could tell these settings were already in place as the defaults.

In addition I also made the following changes to the set-up:

1. When setting up a new connection using the connection wizard, at the
'Connection info' stage, assuming you want to connect via FTP, choose advanced
settings
2. Select 'Choose FTP server settings manually:'
3. Select "use passive FTP to connect to the server'
4. Deselect 'use FTP performance optimization'
5. Click ok
6. continue the wizard as normal

This seemed to work for me, however, I'm no expert and don't really understand
why this should work.

I hope this helps a few other people since I know how frustrating it was when
it wasn't working and Macromedia didn't seem to be able to help! Considering
this is a tool for people with limited knowledge of web developing/publishing
I'm astounded at the number of seemingly complex problems people are
experiencing in these forums.

[Odge]

I usually find that a user gets this error if I've been making sitewide link,
template or library changes in DW. Sure you can set DW to automatically upload
on save, but it does not automatically check files in. On a big site this can
be a hassle finding the files that were modified and making sure they are
checked in. You can get a log of an Synchronise but not of a Template, Library
or sitewide link change.

My C users, if they are good, report this error to me and I can go in to DW
locate the file and check it in. Then everything is groovy. Some C users though
I think just get tired of seeing this and give up.

[thewavster]

Hi,

I'm currently looking after a companies server while the admin guy is away but
I have been called by someone who uses contribute to update the website who can
select a page to edit and download it. A .lck file gets created at this point
with his username and email address in it, but when he has made the changes and
goes to publish the file he gets an "Access Denied" message. He seems to think
this has occured before and it seem to happen after the admin password for the
server has been changed even though he still has access to the files as
contribute is downloading them fine.

Any ideas? I'm stumped!

[mcd630]

We just changed the URL on our site. Under the original URL I was able to make
changes in Contribute, add photos, link files from my computer, etc. without
problem. Now, under the new URL, I can make text changes only. When I try to
add photos or link files I get an error message. Our hosting manager assures me
that all the permissions to update data are in tact. What am I doing wrong? I
am "labeled" as the administrator of the site.

[WJ Zeeuwen]

Hi all,

Ive installed mysql for windows with apache. If i try to start mysql by
the command line i get the message: access denied for user
odcb@localhost (using password no)
Does this mean that i have to enter a password? How can i do this? Can i
use mysql without password?

Thanx,
WJ

[Bill Karwin]

WJ Zeeuwen wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Ive installed mysql for windows with apache. If i try to start mysql by
> the command line i get the message: access denied for user
> odcb@localhost (using password no)
> Does this mean that i have to enter a password? How can i do this? Can i
> use mysql without password?

Read these sections of the manual:

[url]http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/connecting-disconnecting.html[/url]
[url]http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/default-privileges.html[/url]
[url]http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/user-account-management.html[/url]

Regards,
Bill K.

[Gordon Burditt]

>Ive installed mysql for windows with apache. If i try to start mysql by

>the command line i get the message: access denied for user
>odcb@localhost (using password no)
>Does this mean that i have to enter a password?

Does the user odcb@localhost *HAVE* a password? (when you created
it with the GRANT command). Does that user even exist at all?
What does "SHOW GRANTS FOR odcb@localhost" show?

>How can i do this? Can i
>use mysql without password?

I consider using mysql without a password to be a very poor idea
unless (a) the *ONLY* access to the database is from localhost and
(b) you are the only user with a login on that machine, and (c) no
web page accepts browser-supplied usernames and/or passwords for
the database.

Gordon L. Burditt

[Movie Buff]

On Fri, 05 May 2006 23:47:50 +0200, WJ Zeeuwen wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Ive installed mysql for windows with apache. If i try to start mysql by
> the command line i get the message: access denied for user
> odcb@localhost (using password no)
> Does this mean that i have to enter a password? How can i do this? Can i
> use mysql without password?

WJ,

All you have to do is type:

mysqladmin -u username -p status

and it will prompt you for the password.

If you do not want to have to enter a password, then
you have to create a file, as noted here:

[url]http://72.14.207.104/linux?q=cache:PatN7wn3dMAJ:www.linuxnotes.net/mediawiki/index.php/MySQL+mysqladmin+%2B%22access+denied+for+user%22&h l=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=11[/url]

I am very new to mysql myself so I just learned this
today.

Have fun with it!

[Paul Lautman]

WJ Zeeuwen wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Ive installed mysql for windows with apache. If i try to start mysql
> by the command line i get the message: access denied for user
> odcb@localhost (using password no)
> Does this mean that i have to enter a password? How can i do this?
> Can i use mysql without password?
>
> Thanx,
> WJ

Try mysql -u root

[ScottyH]

There seem to be so many 'access denied' issues - can someone point me in the
right direction please.

I have a charity client and their 2 users get 'access denied' issues on 2
machines.

No changes have been made to the site set up in months. They have upgraded
(today) to latest version of Contribute but problem (which was not there before
this week) persists. What they do to get around it is:

Open Contribute 3
Hit 'Edit page'
If 'access denied' - close Contribute
Open Contribute
Hit 'Edit page'
Make edits
Hit 'Publish'
"Access denied"
Close Contribute
Open Contribute
Publishes OK
Close Contribute
Open Contribute
Edit new file
etc......

At my end Dreamweaver 8 works fine, as does Contribute 3 whether I am admin or
'publisher'.

Thanks

Scott

[Sesmond]

I'd like to know if you or anyone has seen a solution to this same error. We
are experiencing the same error message after adding new templates and pages to
an existing site, I got totally locked out and including my Administrator role.
At this point, we are going to wipe all Contribute program files out of the
folder on the server and try and start totally from scratch. Seems a bit ugly
for what I thought was a pretty common addition to a site.

[AvalonMel]

I'm currently set as an Administrator for a website and can connect; however,
whenever I try to edit a page I get the error: "Access Denied. The file may not
exist, or there could be a permission problem." I get the same error when I go
to My Conenctions and try to click on the "Administer..." button. Could this be
a problem with my ISP? I can log into the site via FTP client no problem. Is
there a way for me to clear out any Contribute files that way and start fresh?
If so, where are the files located?