Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions, UNIX

The FrontPage Server Extensions are a set of programs on the Web server that support:

• Authoring FrontPage webs
• Administering FrontPage webs
• Browse-time FrontPage web functionality

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Release Notes

This section provides complementary or late-breaking information to supplement the Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions documentation.

Apache 1.3.4 Support
Upgrading from previous version of FrontPage Server Extensions
Uploading files into executable folders

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Apache 1.3.4 Support

You need to take some special steps to run the FrontPage Server Extensions with Apache 1.3.4. FrontPage Server Extensions expect to find all resource directives in the main server configuration file, usually http.conf. To prevent the server extensions from using any secondary configuration files (access.conf, srm.conf), add the following lines to http.conf:

If you have some settings stored in secondary configuration files, move them to http.conf.

You must stop and restart the web server for your changes to http.conf to take effect.

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Upgrading from previous version of FrontPage Server Extensions

Custom entries in frontpage.cnf are not migrated to FrontPage 2000.

When you install FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions, a new frontpage.cnf file is created in the /usr/local/frontpage/version4.0 directory. Any custom settings stored in a previous-version frontpage.cnf are not used. However, you can copy your custom settings from the previous-version frontpage.cnf file after you install the FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions.

Do not overwrite the FrontPage 2000 frontpage.cnf file with a frontpage.cnf file from an earlier version of the FrontPage Server Extensions.

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Uploading files into executable folders

After upgrading to FrontPage 2000, FrontPage authors will not be able to upload files into executable folders. For security reasons, the default setting on FrontPage 2000 webs does not allow authors to upload executable files into executable folders in a FrontPage web. This setting protects servers so that authors do not inadvertently upload a program containing a bug or a virus.

To allow FrontPage authors to upload executables, set the NoExecutableCgiUpload configuration variable to zero (0). For information about FrontPage Server Extension configuration variables, see the FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions Resource Kit at http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/frontpage/wpp/serk/.

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Resources for More Information

This section lists sources of more information about the FrontPage Server Extensions.

Server Extensions Resource Kit
Server Extensions Resource Kit Update
Knowledge Base

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Server Extensions Resource Kit

The FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions include a full set of documentation: the Server Extensions Resource Kit. This is an HTML document installed on the server machine (by default) in /usr/local/frontpage/version4.0/serk. To view the Server Extensions Resource Kit, open /usr/local/frontpage/version4.0/serk/default.htm in your Web browser.

The Server Extensions Resource Kit contains detailed information about installing and administering the FrontPage Server Extensions along with an overview of the Server Extensions, a detailed discussion of Server Extensions security on UNIX and Windows, troubleshooting information, and a full set of appendixes.

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Server Extensions Resource Kit Update

For updated information about installing, setting up, and administrating the FrontPage Server Extensions, see the Server Extensions Resource Kit Update at: http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/frontpage/wpp/serk/.

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Microsoft Knowledge Base

For further technical information on FrontPage, please consult Support Online. Use Support Online to easily search Microsoft Product Support Services' collection of resources including technical articles from Microsoft's extensive Knowledge Base, FAQs, & troubleshooters to find fast, accurate answers. You can also customize the site to control your search using either keywords or the site's natural language search engine, which uses normal everyday language for answering inquiries, so you can write your question in your own words. To begin, go to http://support.microsoft.com/support/.

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