Re: [cobalt-users] RaQ3 SSL and FP2K

[Will DeHaan <will@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Ok, M Fryer has found a problem that affects all RaQ 3[i]'s running
frontpage web forms.

Forms can not be submitted securely unless the following file is
created:
  
  /usr/local/frontpage/we443.cnf

If you need this functionality now, and can't wait for a RaQ 3 OS Update
package (I don't know a release date for the next update), please telnet
or ssh to your RaQ 3.  Authenticate as 'admin'.  Type "su -" and
re-enter your admin password to gain root access.

Cut and paste the following commands to the shell prompt:

echo "vti_encoding:SR|utf8-nl" > /usr/local/frontpage/we443.cnf
echo "frontpageroot:/usr/local/frontpage/version4.0" \
 >>  /usr/local/frontpage/we443.cnf
echo "serverconfig:/etc/httpd/conf/fpx.httpd.conf" \
 >>  /usr/local/frontpage/we443.cnf
echo "authoring:enabled" \
 >>  /usr/local/frontpage/we443.cnf
echo "servertype:apache" \
 >>  /usr/local/frontpage/we443.cnf
echo "SMTPHost: 127.0.0.1" \
 >>  /usr/local/frontpage/we443.cnf
exit
echo " "


That's it! 


One question for Cobalt's RaQ 3 Frontpage users while I'm adding this
fix...

Does anyone use SSL from the frontpage client for publishing?  In the
open web option, does any cobalt-user enter https://www.myvsite.com/  ? 
If so who is your certificate authority?

Thanks for the feedback,


	-- Will

M Fryer wrote:
> 
> In a nutshell, I have installed our Thawte cert on our RaQ3 so we can
> collect info from customers securely using Frontpage "forms"
> 
> When submitting the forms via http everything is great.
> When submitting the forms via https we get this error:
> 
> "Cannot open "/usr/local/frontpage/we443.cnf": no such file or folder."
> 
> The reply from MS is:
> 
> This indicates that the FrontPage Server Extensions have not been
> installed on port 443 on the Apache server. If you are using the command
> line interface for installing Server Extensions, you must install them to
> each individual port you wish to use them on. This will create a
> configuration file that references the instance installed to. If you wish to
> use the Java based administration tool that shipped with the Cobalt
> server,you must contact them for support using that application as the
> scripts used are not written by Microsoft.
> 
> The reply from Cobalt is:
> 
> .  .  .  .  .
> 
> (Yes, nothing. Every since I started putting "Submitted to Cobalt (date) on
> their online form they haven't answered a single support question. It used
> to take a week, now it take (literally) forever)
> 
> Any experience on this problem. I would think MANY people would want to do
> this and I know it works because we have several sites hosted with another
> shared host that work fine.
> 
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