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From: Joe Greco <jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com>
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Subject: Re: MicroSoft Front Page Extensions.
To: webadmin@adsight.com (Sam Magee)
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 08:48:48 -0600 (CST)
Cc: bminazzi@w3page.com, isp@freebsd.org
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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