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CFIMPERSONATE

Allows you to impersonate a user defined in a security context defined in Advanced Security. The ColdFusion Application Server enforces all the privileges and restrictions that have been set up for that user with the Advanced Security rules.

Syntax

<CFIMPERSONATE
    SECURITYCONTEXT="SecurityContext"
    USERNAME="Name"
    PASSWORD="Password"
    TYPE= "CF" or "OS">
    ...
    HTML or CFML code to execute
    ...
</CFIMPERSONATE>

SECURITYCONTEXT

Required. The security context in which the user should be authenticated. If the impersonation type is "CF ," then you should specify a security context that has already been defined using the ColdFusion Advanced Security Administrator. If the impersonation type is "OS," then you should specify an NT domain as ...