Re: [cobalt-users] A FrontPage Permissions problem

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From: "Ursula" <ursulasays@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 11:49 AM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] A FrontPage Permissions problem


> --- Malcolm Hills <associates@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Please be gentle with this relative newbie. (I have
> > been using my Raq4
> > for about 2 years now, but it is only recently that
> > I have had to
> > delve inside rather than using GUI).  I have been
> > reading this list
> > for about the same time and learned lots
> >
> > I am attempting to use Frontpage routines together
> > with Miva Empressa
> >
> > both work fine on their own, however when i try to
> > use the two
> > together (ie use miva on a site enabled for
> > frontpage) I am coming
> > across a file ownership problem  - miva (i think it
> > is miva) is
> > generating the following error message
> >
> > "Configuration Error: The configured data directory
> > for nobody does
> > not exist
> > Please contact the server administrator:
> > webmaster@localhost "
>
> I've never tried these two together at once, but I'd
> suggest the same approach as with frontpage and cgis.
> Keep the miva scripts in a separate directory (start
> them with a . and FP won't complain about them, such
> as .scripts) and give that dir the
> ownwership/permissions miva is expecting. FP won't be
> able to edit them (and isn't really capable of doing
> it anyway)
>
> FP is a law unto itself, you need to keep it
> completely separated from other scripting languages.
>
>
>
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Try looking at the webalizer.pl script at /etc/cron.daily. It does what you
might need it to do
with the FP ownership stuff. You might be able to rig a perl script. Just a
thought...

David