Specifying Resources To Protect - MACROMEDIA COLDFUSION 4.5-ADMINISTRING COLDFUSION SERVER Manual

Chapter 10: Configuring Advanced Security

Specifying resources to protect

When you add a resource to protect, no one is authorized to access that resource until
you give permission by adding the resource to a policy and then adding users and
groups to that policy. In this example, we want the Mars team to only have access to
the mars_dsn
add three resources to protect.
To add data sources to the RDSService security context:
1. In the Advanced Server Security page, click Resources.
You see the Resource View page.
2. If the RDSSecurity context is not already current, select it from the Current
Security Context drop-down box.
3. In the Resource Browser, select DATASOURCE and then click the Add Resource
button at the bottom of the page.
You see the Add Resource dialog.
4. Enter the * (asterisk) wildcard to protect all data sources and click OK.
You see the Resource View page again. Now, you'll specify directories to limit
access to for each development group.
To add directories to the RDSService security context:
1. In the Resource Browser, select FILE and then click the Add Resource button at the
bottom of the page.
You see the Add Resource dialog.
2. Enter c:\ to protect all files on the C:\ drive and click OK.
3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 to protect the following directories:
c:\development
c:\development\mars\*
c:\development\venus\*
Now that you've explicitly protected all the directories and sub directories and files of
interest, move on to defining policies.
and the Venus team to only have access to the
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venus_dsn . So you need to