CGI Variables CGI.REMOTE_ADDR

[bijuvc]

I am using cold fusion MX and Iplannet. Is it possible to find the client IP
Address using the CGI variable, CGI.REMOTE_ADDR
in CFC. it is showng the server IP address where the CFC is published. It
works perfectly in a CFM page. But it is not working in CFC. Please help to
find the issue.

Thanks

[MikerRoo]

Wierd. It works for me.

Maybe you could work around this by having your Application.cfm or Application.cfc copy REMOTE_ADDR to the Request scope.

[bijuvc]

It is working if I call the cfc as componet.

But it is not working If I call that cfc as web services.
It might be a bug. Lets see what macromedia say about it.


Cold fusion Component (test1.cfc)

<cfcomponent>
<cffunction name="myMethod" returntype="string" access="remote">
<cfreturn cgi.REMOTE_ADDR>
</cffunction>
</cfcomponent>


Test case 1- Calling test1.cfc as a web service in a CFM page.

<cfinvoke webservice="http://server.v/app/test/test1.cfc?WSDL"
method="myMethod"
returnvariable="test">
</cfinvoke>
<cfdump var="#test#">

The output will be the server IP address where the web service published.




Test case 2- Calling test1.cfc as a component in a CFM page.

<cfinvoke component="test1" method="myMethod" returnvariable=" test >
</cfinvoke>

<cfdump var="#test#">


The output will be the client IP Address . Working perfectly.

[bijuvc]

Hi Macromedia,

Could you please answer this issue. I posted it a week ago. Nobody did respond.


Thanks

[Stefan K.]

Originally posted by: bijuvc
It is working if I call the cfc as componet.

But it is not working If I call that cfc as web services.
It might be a bug. Lets see what macromedia say about it.

When you call a webservice, your server sort of performs a cfHTTP (a
http-request) to the webservice.
So the webservice will always have your server as client, cgi-remote_addr
within the webservice will always be your servers IP.

Not a bug, rather basic understanding of the technique below.

[Stefan K.]

This is a developers forum, not help-forum from Macromedia.
Don't expect an answer from Macromedia itself, it happens, but rarely.

Think:
Would Macromedia have help-forum with experienced developers assisting with
all these problems FOR FREE?