Re: mod_frontpage & UID/GID Settings - SOLVED

From: Drew Tomlinson (drew_at_mykitchentable.net)
Date: 07/12/03

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    To: "Scot W. Hetzel" <hetzels@westbend.net>
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 07:48:56 -0700

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Scot W. Hetzel" <hetzels@westbend.net>
    To: "Drew Tomlinson" <drew@mykitchentable.net>
    Cc: "FreeBSD ISP" <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org>
    Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 5:53 PM

    > From: "Drew Tomlinson" <drew@mykitchentable.net>
    > > Thanks for your reply. Since it was a new install, I removed the
    ports
    > > and then installed the apache13-fp port. This time I tried it right
    > > "out of the box" and was able to use the FP client to access my root
    > > web. Then I added a few name-based virtual webs to httpd.conf,
    > > restarted apache, and then installed the extensions on them using
    the
    > > fp_install.sh script and that work as well. What I found
    interesting is
    > > that after that, any attempts to access the root web were directed
    to
    > > the virtual web listed first in httpd.conf. This is probably by
    design
    > > but I could find it in the apache docs. Anyway, I created another
    > > virtual web to point to my root web and listed it first. Now things
    are
    > > working as I expect.
    > >
    > No it's not by design. You should have been able to access the root
    web
    > with your web browser. The problem is that somehow the FrontPage
    client
    > access the wrong web. I had placed the following into the httpd.conf
    file:
    >
    > # This Virtual Host makes it so FrontPage will display pages from the
    > # root web. When multiple Listen directives are specified, Frontpage
    > # will try to access the pages from the wrong virutal host. This fixes
    it.
    > #
    > #NOTE: This Virtual Host Entry must be kept as the last _default_
    > # virtual host entry.
    > #<VirtualHost _default_:80>
    > # ServerAdmin webmaster@@@HOSTNAME@@
    > # ServerName @@HOSTNAME@@
    > #</VirtualHost>
    >
    > You would need to uncomment this entry before adding additional
    Virtual
    > Webs.

    Yes, I have that but I didn't understand exactly what it did. Thank
    you. I have uncommented the lines and made sure they appear after the
    "_default_:10865" entry for the admin pages. Everything is working
    great!

    > > However I can't access the admin pages installed on port 10865. I
    can
    > > access them from the FP client on port 80 in the root web
    > > (/usr/local/www/data) but not from
    > > /usr/local/frontpage/version5.0/admin-exe. I can also access them
    from
    > > the FP client for all of the virtual webs. Have you had any success
    > > with the port 10865 admin pages? I wonder what I'm missing, if
    > > anything?
    > >
    > Was the problem with verifying usernames/passwords? Try adding:

    Yes.

    > AllowOverride AuthConfig Limit Indexes Options
    >
    > to the VirtualHost settings for the FP admin pages.

    This solves it!!! Thank you again and thanks for the port.

    Drew

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