Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2000 02:07:46 -0400 (EDT) From: "Daniel Mahoney, Systems Admin" <danm@firestorm2000.com> To: Damon Hammis <squirrel@hammis.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FrontPage. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10007010159510.13777-100000@freebsd1.firestorm2000.com> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.0.20000701014123.00b3b150@hammis.com>
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On Sat, 1 Jul 2000, Damon Hammis wrote: > I have Frontpage running on quite a few servers with no problems. Best way > that I've discovered to do it is kinda like this: > > 1) Install the standalone install of apache through the ports tree. > > 2) Fetch the latest Frontpage binaries from www.rtr.com/fpsupport . I've > recently used the FreeBSD version with 4.0-Release without a problem. > > 3) Fetch the fp_install.sh script from www.rtr.com/fpsupport > > 4) Edit fp_install.sh with vi and copy line 71 and make the following changes: > > Copy this > line: BSD/OS*) machine="bsdi" ;; > Change the new line to look like > this: FreeBSD*) machine="freebsd" ;; > > 5) chmod 755 fp_install.sh > > 6) ./fp_install.sh as root. Follow the prompts and you shouldn't have any > problems. Okay, a couple questions for you... 1. Are you doing name based virtual hosting? Could that be my problem? 2. What unix user owns your web docs? All the same one, or is it, like a different one for each domain? 3. When you add a second virtual host, you specify a different administrator from the main site, right? (I've been doing this, but I figure that could be a silly error on my part). 4. Are you doing the setuid thing as recommended in the SERK (funny how that rhymes with quirk and jerk)? > > --Damon > > At 12:33 AM 7/1/00 -0400, 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
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