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Date:      Wed, 30 Jul 2003 18:49:19 -0400
From:      "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@compar.com>
To:        <darryl@osborne-ind.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: apache + Frontpage extensions = I have a mess
Message-ID:  <008e01c356ec$cfcdd6b0$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca>
References:  <002201c356e6$6eb999f0$0701a8c0@darryl>

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> Greetings,
> I am running 4.7 stable as I previously posted.  I was running apache13
> without frontpage.
> Due to measure beyond my control I must enable frontpage extensions on my
> webserver.

Please tell your boss that running FP extensions is an invitation for
hackers and will be more of a maintainance headache than anything.

> I went to /usr/ports/www/apache13 and did make deinstall.  I then went to
> /usr/ports/www/mod_frontpage and did a make.  Then a makeinstall.  I then
> went into
> /usr/ports/www/apache13-fp and did a make, followed by a make install.  I
> went
> to /usr/local/etc/apache and edited httpd.conf to change the DocumentRoot
> and
> Directory statements.  When I visit my website I can see my data.  When I
> try to
> publish from FrontPage 2000 it tells me that the server is not running
> frontpage
> extensions and I can only publish with FTP.
>
> What am I screwing up here ?  Is there a cookbook or tutorial that will
lay
> this
> out for me so I can get this working ?

Please read /usr/ports/ww/mod_frontpage/pkg-message.  You should have seen
this message when you did the "make install" in mod_frontpage.  You have to
do all of these steps in order to configure a website for FrontPage.

--
Matt Emmerton



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