Restricting access to a directory of pdf's

[jgladnick]

I want to restrict access to a directory that contains pdf's.

So lets say i have

/publicpdfs/
/memberpdfs/

public are free for all, members are available once you are logged in. I want
to be able to link to the pdf's (preferably directly), but I need a way to
make sure the user has logged in first. Since I am assuming application.cfm
wont run when loading a pdf, how can I check to make sure the user is logged in?

(besides password protecting the directrory in IIS)

[Kronin555]

The best way, in my opinion, is to use cfcontent.

It won't get you exactly what you want (when you say you'd prefer to link
directly to the pdfs), but it will ensure that users are logged in first.

Make a page, viewpdf.cfm, that you access as follows:
[url]http://www.example.com/viewpdf.cfm?pdf=protectedpdf.pdf[/url]

Then in viewpdf.cfm, you first ensure that they have rights to access the PDF
file, then you do a cfcontent call that includes the
/memberpdfs/protectedpdf.pdf file.

[jgladnick]

That actually might work, thanks!