mod_frontpage & UID/GID Settings - SOLVED

[Drew Tomlinson]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scot W. Hetzel" <hetzels at westbend.net>
To: "Drew Tomlinson" <drew at mykitchentable.net>
Cc: "FreeBSD ISP" <freebsd-isp at freebsd.org>
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 5:53 PM


> From: "Drew Tomlinson" <drew at mykitchentable.net>
> > Thanks for your reply.  Since it was a new install, I removed the
ports
> > and then installed the apache13-fp port.  This time I tried it right
> > "out of the box" and was able to use the FP client to access my root
> > web.  Then I added a few name-based virtual webs to httpd.conf,
> > restarted apache, and then installed the extensions on them using
the
> > fp_install.sh script and that work as well.  What I found
interesting is
> > that after that, any attempts to access the root web were directed
to
> > the virtual web listed first in httpd.conf.  This is probably by
design
> > but I could find it in the apache docs.  Anyway, I created another
> > virtual web to point to my root web and listed it first.  Now things
are
> > working as I expect.
> >
> No it's not by design.  You should have been able to access the root
web
> with your web browser.  The problem is that somehow the FrontPage
client
> access the wrong web.  I had placed the following into the httpd.conf
file:
>
> # This Virtual Host makes it so FrontPage will display pages from the
> # root web.  When multiple Listen directives are specified, Frontpage
> # will try to access the pages from the wrong virutal host. This fixes
it.
> #
> #NOTE: This Virtual Host Entry must be kept as the last _default_
> #      virtual host entry.
> #<VirtualHost _default_:80>
> #    ServerAdmin webmaster@@@HOSTNAME@@
> #    ServerName @@HOSTNAME@@
>  #</VirtualHost>
>
> You would need to uncomment this entry before adding additional
Virtual
> Webs.

Yes, I have that but I didn't understand exactly what it did.  Thank
you.  I have uncommented the lines and made sure they appear after the
"_default_:10865" entry for the admin pages.  Everything is working
great!

> > However I can't access the admin pages installed on port 10865.  I
can
> > access them from the FP client on port 80 in the root web
> > (/usr/local/www/data) but not from
> > /usr/local/frontpage/version5.0/admin-exe.  I can also access them
from
> > the FP client for all of the virtual webs.  Have you had any success
> > with the port 10865 admin pages?  I wonder what I'm missing, if
> > anything?
> >
> Was the problem with verifying usernames/passwords? Try adding:

Yes.

>     AllowOverride AuthConfig Limit Indexes Options
>
> to the VirtualHost settings for the FP admin pages.

This solves it!!!  Thank you again and thanks for the port.

Drew