Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2000 11:18:33 -0700 (PDT) From: <keith@mail.telestream.com> To: "Daniel Mahoney, Systems Admin" <danm@firestorm2000.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FrontPage. Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10007011116290.569-100000@mail.telestream.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10007010023050.51226-100000@freebsd1.firestorm2000.com>
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If you follow this URL to the letter all will be well. And if you use the following script all will be well as well.. Well. :-) Keith http://www.freebsdzine.org/attic/199907/fp2k.txt UXW="~$1" FPADM=/usr/local/frontpage/version4.0/bin/fpsrvadm.exe APCTL=/usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl if $1 then echo "usage: $0 username group passwd" exit 0 else $FPADM -o create -p 80 -w "$UXW" -xu "$1" -xg "$2" -u "$1" -pw "$3" $APCTL restart fi ================================= Keith W. At the helm <for better or worse> ================================= On Sat, 1 Jul 2000, Daniel Mahoney, Systems Admin wrote: > Okay, I've been wrestling with frontpage for most of the night. It's been > a NOT FUN evening. > > The versions in "ports" fail because microsoft just released new bloatcode > on the 24th. > > Compiling apache from scratch is yielding mixed results at best: > > I followed the FAQ at http://freebsd.lanfear.com/howtos/frontpage.html > pretty much to the letter. It's giving me THIS problem: > > I can specify ONE user. After that one, no others can log in (none > specified subsequently). > > I tried following microsoft's advice (whereby it runs some crucial > binaries setuid), and this resulted in a wrapper of some sort not being > found (it was an exe/_vti_ something or other, the exe was there, but > apache wasn't understanding the syntax too well) > > I have reinstalled this crap like six times tonight, always hitting the > same problem. Once I create a root web, all my virtual hosts won't accept > any password except the root web's admin password. It SHOWS them being > there when I look through fp 98, but they don't work. > > I tried patching the binary. WHen patched it runs for all of two seconds > and dies. (perhaps because my apache is located in /usr/local/apachefp -- > I see no reason to down my sites to hammer on frontpage, but I would > think the patch program would pick up on that) > > I'm rather exasperated by all this, and my real question is:has anyone > gotten frontpage, with the FreeBSD server extensions, working flawlessly? > > By this I mean having your root web working, as well as your virtual webs > (why can't m$ use standard terms?). With all using more than one > password, with all running as the user owning the directory (possibly as > DIFFERENT users) > > If so, would you care to share? > > By the way, love that little disclaimer on the m$ site that says they're > not responsible for freebsd. > > *sigh* > > -Dan Mahoney > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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