Re: [cobalt-users] Qube2 FP2000ext probs :( (repost)

[Mike Vanecek <nospam99@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 12 Jun 2000 09:13:09 +0100, "Jason Aspinall"
<jaspinall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

:>Could some kind soul explaing how to *completely* eradicate my Qube2 from
:>the Frontpage extensions?  I've managed to munge the current installation :|
:>
:>The Qube2 went down *big* time last week, (duff PSU corrupted disk) which
:>required a complete rebuild from the OS restore CD (Aug 1999 build).
:>Now...once the restore process was finalised and I have put everyone back on
:>the user list - I enabled frontpage extensions (FP98) and tried to publish
:>from my workstation using FP2k, all seemed to go well :)
:>
:>Then I spent an hour or two downloading all the relavent security updates
:>and patches from the Cobalt website - put them all on, which included the
:>FPext upgrade to FP2000ext.
:>
:>Now, I can't publish anymore and within the Qube2 GUI, upon trying to turn
:>the extensions on - it complains "a root web could not be configured
:>successully" :(
:>
:>How do I go about uninstalling whats there and reapplying the update to
:>upgrade the extensions to FP2000?


I posted this earlier, did it not help?

On Sat, 10 Jun 2000 20:32:00 -0500, Mike Vanecek <nospam99@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

:>I had some problems and did the following:
:>
:>[root@www bin]# ./fpsrvadm.exe
:>Type "fpsrvadm -h" for help on command line options
:>
:>Please enter command:
:>2) upgrade
:>
:>Your choice [1]: 2
:>Enter port [80]: 
:>Enter UNIX username []: 
:>
:>[root@www bin]# ./fpsrvadm.exe
:>Type "fpsrvadm -h" for help on command line options
:>
:>Please enter command:
:>4) check and fix
:>Your choice [1]: 4
:>Enter port [80]: 
:>
:>The enable.subweb that installs with the fp2k extensions have some path bugs.
:>If you look at the script, you will see what I mean (one can just use the
:>fpsrvadm option from above).  Also, be sure that the we80.cnf points to
:>frontpage4.0 and not frontpage3.0. Not sure is this your problem, but maybe it
:>will help. I have had a lot of problems with Cobalt's implementation of FP and
:>am trying to tweak it so that it meets my needs. I wish they had installed the
:>Apache-patch when they compiled Apache. That would allow the client to manage
:>the subwebs and avoid having to use telnet.
:>
:>HTH.
:>
:>Mike.
:>
:>

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