From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 3 22:31:15 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05A0D16A4CE for ; Sat, 3 Jan 2004 22:31:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from bsdhosting.net (bsdhosting.net [65.39.221.113]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DDDE643D5A for ; Sat, 3 Jan 2004 22:31:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jhopper@bsdhosting.net) Received: (qmail 15245 invoked from network); 4 Jan 2004 06:30:02 -0000 Received: from bsdhosting.net (HELO work.gusalmighty.com) (jhopper@bsdhosting.net@65.39.221.113) by bsdhosting.net with SMTP; 4 Jan 2004 06:30:02 -0000 From: Justin Hopper To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1073197690.2074.45.camel@work.gusalmighty.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2004 22:28:11 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: mod_frontpage vulnerability? X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2004 06:31:15 -0000 On Sat, 2004-01-03 at 20:57, Peter Brezny wrote: > Greetings, > > I wanted to know if any of you have experienced recent problems running > mod_frontpage. Are you sure the problems were with mod_frontpage or with the Server Extensions? I haven't seen many problems with mod_frontpage, but the Server Extensions often have problems (and they're not Open Source, so they are difficult to work with). > Last week, one of the systems I am running mod_front page on stopped > allowing front page logins. > > I wasn't able to pinpoint the problem, however, re-installing mod_frontpage > fixed the problem. You reinstalled the mod_frontpage Apache module, or the FrontPage Server Extensions for the vhost? > I'm running a fairly current build: > 4.8-RELEASE-p14 #9: Wed Dec 31 17:15:23 EST 2003 > Apache/1.3.28 (Unix) mod_perl/1.27 FrontPage/5.0.2.2623 PHP/4.3.4RC1 > mod_ssl/ > 2.8.15 OpenSSL/0.9.7a > > I get a lot of error messages in the primary httpd_error.log: > [2004-01-03 23:24:46]: uid: (nobody/nobody) gid: (nobody/nobody) cmd: > /_vti_bin/fpcount.exe The above entries are standard notices that mod_frontpage will put in the log files. Check the other Apache log files for errors concerning why logins are not being accepted. > If anyone's got some insight on what may be going on, or tips for further > securing mod_front page, I'd be grateful. > > TIA > > pb > > > Peter Brezny > purplecat.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-isp@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Justin Hopper UNIX Systems Engineer BSDHosting.net Hosting Division of Digital Oasys Inc. http://www.bsdhosting.net