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Date:      Mon, 11 Nov 1996 08:48:48 -0600 (CST)
From:      Joe Greco <jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com>
To:        webadmin@adsight.com (Sam Magee)
Cc:        bminazzi@w3page.com, isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: MicroSoft Front Page Extensions.
Message-ID:  <199611111448.IAA19243@brasil.moneng.mei.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.961109212412.24524A-100000@adsight.com> from "Sam Magee" at Nov 9, 96 09:26:47 pm

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> On Sat, 9 Nov 1996, Blaine Minazzi wrote:
> 
> > Some time back I noticed someone mentioned Microsoft Front Page
> > Extensions under  FreeBSD.  Could someone who is using this please
> > give a sysnopsis of what is required to install this under FreeBSD 
> > 2.1.5 please?
> > 
> > Thanks in advance.
> > -- 
> > Sincerely,
> > 
> > 
> > Blaine Minazzi
> > 
> 
> Whoever is using the FP extensions, how do you deal with
> FrontPage's requirement that you run your web server as "root"?
> Doesn't that create a possible cgi nightmare for security?

Set it up in a chrooted environment.

And for each hit, you have it mail a problem report to the Microsoft bug
address that the darn thing is running as root.

( :-) )

... JG



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