RE: [cobalt-users] Front Page and FTP access permissions

["Colin J. Raven" <cjraven@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>> Why does Front Page interfere with permissions to folders when
>> accessed by site administrator via FTP?  If I access the site with
>> Front Page then permissions are lost for the site administrator.
>> Have I set something wrong, or can I make some change to settings ?
>>
>
>news:microsoft.public.frontpage.client would be the best place for that
>info.
>Or, http://msdn.microsoft.com/
>
Frontpage is funny about permissions period.
It wants to (in fact MUST if certain things are gonna work, like FP
extensions) "own" its own directory structure. Here's the rule, if FP
owns the site structure, you cannot FTP into FP-aware directories.

You can FTP to your hearts content into any directory that isn't part of
the; "Site that Frontpage wrote"
If you ftp into the FP directory structure, you break the index that FP
server-side extensions rely on to manage the web (FP-speak for "the
site"). The site then breaks in strange and seemingly "random" ways.
What you describe above is s perfect example.

If you must have more than one person accessing an FP site, they should
both use FP, and the adminsistrator must authorize that individual
according to what level of permissions is desired for this 2nd (or 3rd
or however many there are) person.

If you want to send something up, just import it into the open Front
Page web and save. FP will do its own version of FTP, write to the
server-side extensions, and be happy about the whole thing. If you do it
any differently, FP gets cranky and breaks stuff just to be mean and
spiteful.
HTH
-Colin
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Colin J. Raven