You can decentralize administrative tasks and secure the ColdFusion Server Administrator against unauthorized access. The Advanced Security page provides access to all the functions required to implement user security.
To secure the ColdFusion Administrator:
Define a user directory that contains the user to whom you want to assign Administrator privileges. (Leave the username and password fields blank when defining the user directory.) For details, see Connect user directories.
On the Advanced Security
page, do the following:
a. Enable the Use ColdFusion Administration Authentication option.
b. In the Administrator field, enter the name of a user in the user
directory defined for this purpose. This user will have Administrator
privileges for the ColdFusion Administrator.
c. From the drop-down list, select the user directory you created in
Step 1.
d. Click Submit Changes. For
details, see Configure Advanced Security.
ColdFusion Administrator security is now enabled. If you close the Administrator and try to open it again, you see a prompt for the username and password of the user you specified. If you log in as a different user, you do not see the Security Configuration link in the Administrator.