Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 19:37:36 +0000 From: George Lewis <schvin@schvin.net> To: Drew Tomlinson <drewt@writeme.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FW: Installing FrontPage Extensions - Getting Closer Message-ID: <20010409193735.J11990@schvin.net> In-Reply-To: <BA5D0CE1CBB2D411B6AA00A0CC3F02390AF953@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov>; from drewt@writeme.com on Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 12:08:15PM -0700 References: <BA5D0CE1CBB2D411B6AA00A0CC3F0239011196D9@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov> <BA5D0CE1CBB2D411B6AA00A0CC3F02390AF953@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov>
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I've not been forced to use the FP extensions, but perhaps it does not know how to handle a symlink? I'd try putting a real directory there with proper permissions to see if it worked then. I'd also make sure the ownership/permissions was correct on the directory that the symlink is pointing to. George Drew Tomlinson (drewt@writeme.com) wrote: > /usr/local/www/data exists but is a symlink to /usr/local/share/doc/apache: > > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 27 Sep 13 2000 data -> > /usr/local/share/doc/apache > > It is this way as my first install was from the ports and that's how the > port created the layout. With my custom compile, I copied the > FreeBSD.layout file from the ports and used it, trying to keep things the > same. > > Anyway, ownership of the link was root:wheel. I changed to owner of the > link by using the following command: > > chown -h nobody:nogroup /usr/local/www/data > > However, I still get the same error in my fpexec log: > > [2001-04-09 12:04:29]: uid: (nobody/nobody) gid: (nogroup/nogroup) cmd: > /_vti_bin/shtml.exe > [2001-04-09 12:04:29]: cannot stat directory: (/usr/local/www/data) > > Any other ideas? I am new to the *nix world so please don't assume that > I've done the obvious. > > Thanks, > > Drew > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: George Lewis [mailto:schvin@schvin.net] > > Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 11:38 AM > > To: Drew Tomlinson > > Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG > > Subject: Re: FW: Installing FrontPage Extensions - Getting Closer > > > > > > Are you certain that /usr/local/www/data actaully exists and > > nobody/nogroup can read (or whatever it needs) it? > > > > Drew Tomlinson (drewt@writeme.com) wrote: > > > To summarize, I've made an attempt at compiling a custom > > Apache server with > > > SSL and FrontPage extensions. After many tries, I think > > I'm getting closer. > > > The server seems to work fine and secure access appears to > > be OK too. > > > However, when I attempt to connect to a "web" with a > > FrontPage client, I get > > > errors from the following: > > > > > > On the client (wecerr.txt): > > > 04/09/2001 08:15:11 > > > An error occurred accessing your FrontPage web files. > > Authors - if authoring > > > against a web server, please contact the webmaster for this > > server's site. > > > WebMasters - please see the server's system log for more details. > > > > > > fpexec log: > > > 123 Blacksheep# cat fpexec.log > > > [2001-04-09 08:15:13]: uid: (nobody/nobody) gid: > > (nogroup/nogroup) cmd: > > > /_vti_bin/shtml.exe > > > [2001-04-09 08:15:13]: cannot stat directory: (/usr/local/www/data) > > > > > > suexec log: > > > nothing > > > > > > httpd access log: > > > [09/Apr/2001:08:15:12 -0700] "OPTIONS / HTTP/1.1" 200 - > > > [09/Apr/2001:08:15:12 -0700] "GET /_vti_inf.html HTTP/1.1" 200 1716 > > > [09/Apr/2001:08:15:13 -0700] "POST > > /_vti_bin/shtml.exe/_vti_rpc HTTP/1.1" > > > 200 115 > > > [09/Apr/2001:08:15:13 -0700] "OPTIONS / HTTP/1.1" 200 - > > > > > > httpd error log: > > > nothing > > > > > > Like I said, I think I'm close. Does anybody know where my > > problem might > > > lie (other than the fact that I'm trying to use MS software > > on a FBSD system > > > :) )? > > > > > > Thanks for your help! > > > > > > Drew > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > > > > -- > > George Lewis > > http://schvin.net/ > > -- George Lewis http://schvin.net/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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