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Date:      Tue, 10 Dec 2002 22:21:03 -0600
From:      "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net>
To:        "John Straiton" <jks@clickcom.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Apache + mod_ssl + mod_frontpage no longer working
Message-ID:  <3.0.5.32.20021210222103.01e16160@mail.sage-one.net>
In-Reply-To: <004d01c2a0bb$5dcb2c80$1916c60a@win2k.clickcom.com>

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At 09:16 PM 12.10.2002 -0500, John Straiton wrote:
>Greetings!
>
>	So I had written to -questions a long time ago with how I got
>this combination to work:	[Apache 1.3x + mod_ssl + mod_php4 +
>mod_frontpage] using ports/www/apache13-modssl/ as the base, then
>patching it for mod_frontpage and then adding ports/www/mod_php4
>
>But for some reason, recently, my method of installation stopped
>working. I don't know what I did or when, but it's not working anymore.
>By that I mean that you could no longer connect to it via frontpage
>client and the frontpage components (form2email fer instance) never
>return after being submitted...they just sit on "waiting for reply..."
>indefinitely. So I figure that the easiest thing to do would be to
>repeat the process again, at least I'd wind up with the latest versions
>of everything anyway. Didn't work.
>
>When I try to connect to it with a frontpage client, the client just
>hangs for a very very long time. In inspecting the logs, I only see one
>thing. It gets recorded into the error_log for the site I try to open in
>frontpage.
>
>[Tue Dec 10 20:43:15 2002] FrontPage SUID Error: could not read valid
>input key
>
>RTR's site doesn't seem to have anything explaining this, and google
>searches only come back with sourcecode and regrettibly, I'm not much of
>a serious coder so reverse engineering it ain't gonna happen. 
>
>Here are the details:  
>
>FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE, cvsup'ed nightly
>
>To set it up I do this:
>	cd /usr/ports/www/apache13-modssl/
>	make patch
>	cd work/apache_1.3.27/
>	cp /home/john/fp-patch-apache_1.3.22   (the latest one I know
>of)
>	patch -p0 < fp-patch-apache_1.3.22
>		(reports unified or succeeded for every hunk)
>	cd ../..
>	make install
>
>	cd ../mod_php4
>	make install
>
>	cp /usr/local/sbin/httpd /home/john/
>
>	cd /usr/local/frontpage/version5.0/
>	./fp_install.sh
>		(I then answer everything as defaults, or yes, only
>building a root web)
>	cp /home/john/httpd /usr/local/sbin/      (cause it installs
>1.3.19)
>	apachectrl start
>
>Now all this USED to be the way I'd get a working binary. I've followed
>these instructions like a half dozen times (they're actually from my
>personal notes).
>
>Here's my startup messages:
>[Tue Dec 10 20:42:51 2002] [notice] Apache/1.3.27 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.8.12
>OpenSSL/0.9.6g PHP/4.2.3 FrontPage/5.0.2.2510 configured -- resuming
>normal operations
>[Tue Dec 10 20:42:51 2002] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper:
>/usr/local/sbin/suexec)
>[Tue Dec 10 20:42:51 2002] [notice] Accept mutex: flock (Default: flock)
>
>Looks good! But what I wind up with is a working apache13-modssl +
>mod_php4, no frontpage... 
>
>I then take an empty virtualhost website (as in, it's set up but has no
>files) and do this:
>
>/usr/local/frontpage/version5.0/bin/owsadm.exe -o install -u <username>
>-pw <password> -m <domain.ext> -s /usr/local/etc/apache/httpd.conf -xu
><sameusername> -ug <usergroup>
>
>Which comes back with a friendly message about the installation being
>successful. Too bad it doesn't work.. Again, Frontpage 2002 just hangs.
>
>Thoughts, Ideas, Some cheese to go with my whine =)   anything would be
>appreciated:
>
>John Straiton
>jks@clickcom.com
>Clickcom, Inc
>704-365-9970x101 
>

Have you tried without the "patch"....?? I haven't applied the patch since
several versions ago -- maybe as far back as Apache-1.3.19. Some obscure
research turned up that info as I recall. I tried it and never looked back
-- no patches. Running several servers that way.

Best regards,
Jack L. Stone,
Administrator

SageOne Net
http://www.sage-one.net
jackstone@sage-one.net

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