Re: [cobalt-developers] frontpage

["Chief Executive Officer" <ceo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Kevin,

I ran into a simular problem with a customer and found this information at
Cobalt.com's "Knowledge Base" in a key word search using the keyword
"frontpage" - here's what it said about mixing regular FTP uploads with the
proprietory M$ Frontpage Wizard on Cobalts:

There are some important things to note when using FrontPage on the Cobalt
servers:

Do not mix FrontPage with FTP. Publish with one or the other.

Permissions set on files will be different (httpd versus admin or siteadmin
ownership)

Publishing using FrontPage is insecure

Published over port 80

Make sure that the latest updates for FrontPage from Cobalt has been
applied.

FrontPage server extensions must be enabled first before publishing or
accessing otherwise.

I hope this helps!

-Max
----- Original Message -----
From: Kevin D
To: cobalt-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2000 9:31 AM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-developers] frontpage


Really? That is odd. As I said, I can't even upload a file and then change
its name to .htaccess. When I do, the file disappears, and I can't even find
it when I telnet and issue ls -a. I assume it gets deleted. I do have a
Raq3i, and I have installed several of the cobalt udpates, but I am not sure
if that would make any difference.

The only way I can create .htaccess files is via telnet.

Kevin
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael
To: cobalt-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2000 12:12 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-developers] frontpage


I have a raq3 and I am able to upload ..htaccess files to any directory
using FTP without a problem..

Michael


----- Original Message -----
From: Kevin D
To: cobalt-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2000 11:21 AM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-developers] frontpage


That's probably because by default on the Raq's there is no ..htaccess
folder to begin with. Also, whenever I've tried creating a ..htaccess file
by any other means than telnet, the file never gets created (ie I can't ftp
a .htaccess file into a directory, nor can I ftp a file over, then rename it
to ..htaccess). This was probably implimented for security reasons, as it is
possible to disable cgiwrap from a .htaccess file.

There's the why...as far as the fix, you can do one of two things: telnet in
and create the .htaccess file yourself, or tell your customer that they are
not permitted to use .htaccess restrictions for security reasons and that
they should find another way to password protect their site (namely, use a
cgi script that reads from a private directory).

I suppose you could also give the user telnet access, but of course this is
a huge security risk.

Kevin
----- Original Message -----
From: Kai Schantz, Euroweb
To: cobalt-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 4:12 AM
Subject: [cobalt-developers] frontpage


We have a Raq3i with Frontpage extention. When our customers use Frontpage
to add password protection to their site they get the following message

     " server error: Cannot open" home/sites/site4/web/.htaccess": no such
file or folder.

Does anybody else have a problem with this, and can it be fixed?

Kai R Schantz
Euroweb AS
Verksgaten 42
4013 Stavanger
Tlf:+47 51 89 64 64  fax:+47 51 89 56 41
www.euroweb.no