Fed up with FP

Hello everyone -

I feel like I've tried so many things to get FP2002 extensions to work
on my RedHat9 server running Apache 2.0 but to no avail. I have a new
client who is trying to use the FrontPage client 2003 to publish webs
but he keeps getting error messages that he cannot connect to the
server. I see his files on the server and can open them, but from a
browser outside the network there is an Access Denied error.
Internally, I see the Apache testpage from the site.

As far as reinstalling the extensions, I'm not sure what exactly I have
to do for that. According to all documentation that I have read, I
have my httpd.conf file set up correctly and I have extended the sites
via the browser interface.

I'm ready to give up and move his site to a Microosft server. Any
suggestions/tips?

Re: Fed up with FP

Elise:
Please visit http://www.rtr.com/fpsupport/ They provide support for the
FPSE on Unix.

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"Elise" wrote in message
news:1123010435.022429.138540@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com.. .
> Hello everyone -
>
> I feel like I've tried so many things to get FP2002 extensions to work
> on my RedHat9 server running Apache 2.0 but to no avail. I have a new
> client who is trying to use the FrontPage client 2003 to publish webs
> but he keeps getting error messages that he cannot connect to the
> server. I see his files on the server and can open them, but from a
> browser outside the network there is an Access Denied error.
> Internally, I see the Apache testpage from the site.
>
> As far as reinstalling the extensions, I'm not sure what exactly I have
> to do for that. According to all documentation that I have read, I
> have my httpd.conf file set up correctly and I have extended the sites
> via the browser interface.
>
> I'm ready to give up and move his site to a Microosft server. Any
> suggestions/tips?
>

Re: Fed up with FP

On 2 Aug 2005 12:20:35 -0700, "Elise" wrote:

>Hello everyone -
>
>I feel like I've tried so many things to get FP2002 extensions to work
>on my RedHat9 server running Apache 2.0 but to no avail. I have a new
>client who is trying to use the FrontPage client 2003 to publish webs
>but he keeps getting error messages that he cannot connect to the
>server. I see his files on the server and can open them, but from a
>browser outside the network there is an Access Denied error.
>Internally, I see the Apache testpage from the site.

If you can see his files, does he have an index.htm or index.html (or
whatever you are handling with Apache by default), or is he doing one
of those "default.htm" or "home.htm" type attempts?

That's the impression I get if you are seeing the Apache testpage.
>
>As far as reinstalling the extensions, I'm not sure what exactly I have
>to do for that. According to all documentation that I have read, I
>have my httpd.conf file set up correctly and I have extended the sites
>via the browser interface.
>
>I'm ready to give up and move his site to a Microosft server. Any
>suggestions/tips?

Re: Fed up with FP

Since you have access to the server, have you looked at the Apache
error logs and system messages files? Have you confirmed that the
fpcgisock file is accessible by the user Apache is running as
(http://www.rtr.com/fpsupport/faq2002dso.htm). Have you checked that
you are not encountering the buffer overflow error? Is
mod_frontpage.so being found by Apache?

Re: Fed up with FP

In response to Terry - yes, I saw that he had uploaded an index.htm
file.

In response to the other post - there are no messages in the error logs
related directly to Apache. The fpcgisock file is owned by Apache. My
httpd.conf file has the mod_frontpage.so line entered correctly. I'm
not sure how I would check to see if I am getting the buffer overflow
error.

I have since moved the site to a windows server but I still have sites
housed on Apache that I will want to work with FrontPage in the future.

Re: Fed up with FP

I have installed the extensions on Fedora Core 4. It works after I have
done all the corrections suggested in www.rtr.com.
If you still have problems I can direct you.
I must se your httpd.conf file and you must check error log for:
*** buffer overflow detected ***: /usr/sbin/httpd terminated
If you get this you must
Fedora Core 4 ships with gcc 4.0.0 (Red Hat 4.0.0-8) which appears
to check for buffer overflows better then previous versions of gcc.
To resolve this issue please edit
/usr/local/frontpage/version5.0/apache2/mod_fpcgid.c, line 1069
and change:

char szBuf[10];
to
char szBuf[12];

Then rerun apxs and recreate mod_frontpage.so

${httpd_root}/bin/apxs -c mod_frontpage.c mod_fpcgid.c
${httpd_root}/bin/apxs -i -a -n frontpage ./mod_frontpage.la

This is very important and it solved my problems

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