Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 11:14:40 -0600 (CST) From: Dan Riley <driley@vailsys.com> To: Jason Fesler <jfesler@calweb.com> Cc: Sam Magee <webadmin@adsight.com>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MS Front Page Extensions v2.0 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970129111228.8194A-100000@crocodile.vale.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970129082631.009d6ec0@pop.calweb.com>
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I looked all over for the mysterious wpp(os-specific).tar with the SUID install scripts to which you are referring? Where did you find it for FreeBSD? Thanks On Wed, 29 Jan 1997, Jason Fesler wrote: > At 09:41 AM 1/29/97 -0500, you wrote: > >Don't you have to run apache as root in order to get the > >Frontpage extensions to work? This is what i read in the docs -- > >if there's another option, please let us know. > > No, you don't. > > We support the MS Front Page Extensions for any customer that wants to host > the domain with us. The WPP kit allows for a SUID install of 12k binaries > that load the real program - however, with the ownership of the site's > owner, instead of as root. That way, they can't do any harm; they don't > have root; and they still have FrontPage. It actually works really slick > for this purpose. I'll be giving the MS test to our site this week, and > then applying for the Bill Gates Seal of Approval [kiss of death?] to be > put on their marketing page. > > For www/~username users... we're still experimenting. I'm so far not found > of what I am finding for ~username handling, and resorting to making a > subweb off of a specific virtual host for each user that wants it (and > then cutting off telnet/ftp access to their WWW directory). The virtual > host hosting data for the individual users wanting frontpage style access, > forces the frontpage extensions to run as a user of "frntpage", and no user > is a part of the unix group that frntpage is in - hence, cutting out > external editing. If they decide they want to stop using frontpage, I'll > return ownership of their www directory back to them :-). Not elegant, > not the way I want to do it, but .. :(.. > > -- > Jason Fesler jfesler@calweb.com Internic: 'whois jf319' > Admin, CalWeb Internet Services http://www.calweb.com > Junk email returned, in bulk, back to sender; w/copies to all postmasters. > You got junk mail problems? Use Eudora Pro, MSIE's mail, or 'man procmail'. >
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