Frontpage recommendations
Hi all, If you are interested in implementing Frontpage server extensions with apache, it isn't that bad. Here are a few pointers: 1. Don't use apt-get. Download the source and compile yourself. This puts apache in /usr/local where most documentation I have found expects it to be. I am not sure why debian doesn't put apache there, but I'm sure the package manager had reasons. 2. Get the Improved mod_frontpage from Freshmeat. It has complete instructions. 3. The only additions is virtual hosts. If you use them, make sure to replace all occurrences of: AllowOverride X with AllowOverride All There are several of them. The rest works like a charm. If you need to support frontpage, it is really pretty easy! Good luck Regards, Paul -- Paul McHale Work: 937-253-7610 Double E Solutions Mobile: 937-371-2828 4912 Effingham Fax:413-215-3232 Dayton, Ohio 45431 --
Re: Frontpage recommendations
Paul McHale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you are interested in implementing Frontpage server extensions with apache, it isn't that bad. Here are a few pointers: 1. Don't use apt-get. Download the source and compile yourself. This puts apache in /usr/local where most documentation I have found expects it to be. I am not sure why debian doesn't put apache there, but I'm sure the package manager had reasons. Debian packages, and packages distributed by any other Filesystem Hierarchy Standard-compliant distribution, should never install files into /usr/local. See: http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch3.html#s3.1.2 http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.0/fhs-4.6.html It's rarely that difficult to substitute /usr/local with /usr in your head, though I concede it can often be useful to build Apache yourself anyway; perhaps you should have a look at the Debian package and see if there's anything that could be improved so that this isn't necessary? -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Frontpage recommendations
On Sat, Apr 29, 2000 at 12:35:55PM -0400, Paul McHale wrote: 3. The only additions is virtual hosts. If you use them, make sure to replace all occurrences of: AllowOverride X with AllowOverride All Of course, this means you can't control the Options directive anymore... Things like ExecCGI or IncludesNOEXEC for example might be useful to restrict. -- finger for GPG public key. pgp1CIojzELiU.pgp Description: PGP signature
