Re: [cobalt-users] raq2- Front Page enable.site

[Ray Davis <ray@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Will,

> There is no subweb support as subwebs, on non-Cobalt unix servers, are
> delegated to virtual users, which doesn't fit the site admin/regular
> user security model.  Cobalt FP security hinges on every user having a
> real account on the server.

As far as I can glean from the SERK (as someone who never touched FP),
subwebs can be delegated to virtual users but don't have to be.  They
can inherit the same perms as the root web and simply be used as an
organizational tool.  A subweb can have different defaults and can
be rebuilt/uploaded separately from the root web.  They don't have to
be used as a way to allow different people permissions to access
different parts of a single web site.

So is it theoretically possible (via fpsrvadm.exe or by hand) to
create a subweb where the user perms are the same as the root web?

Here is a blurb from /serk/adfpsr_2.htm (note my *>s) ...

    Create Command

    Creates a FrontPage-extended subweb at the specified directory
    in an existing FrontPage-extended web.

    Syntax

    fpsrvadm.exe -o create -p nnnn -m HostName -w WebName [-u UserName]
	[-pw password] [ -xu UNIXUserName] [ -xg UNIXGroupName] [ -n yes]

    Notes

    For WebName, specify the path from the root directory of the
    content area to the subweb that you are creating. The -pw
    password argument is not needed on IIS servers.

 *> If UserName and password are blank, security settings for new
 *> subwebs are inherited from the root web. If these arguments are
    not blank, the new subweb will have unique permissions with an
    initial administrator account based on UserName and password.

Thanks,
Ray