# Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions 2002, UNIX Readme File

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The FrontPage Server Extensions are a set of programs on the Web server that support:

- Authoring FrontPage webs
- Administering FrontPage webs
- Browse-time FrontPage web functionality

## Contents

Release Notes
Resources for More Information

## Release Notes

This section provides complementary or late-breaking information to supplement the Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions documentation.

FrontPage Server Extensions Installation Scripts
Apache 1.3.19 Support
Upgrading from previous version of FrontPage Server Extensions
Uploading files into executable folders

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### FrontPage Server Extensions Installation Scripts

Previous versions of FrontPage Server Extensions included two installation scripts, fp_install.sh and change_server.sh. The fp_install.sh script untarred the FrontPage Server Extensions tar file, prompted for configuration settings, and provisioned virtual servers, subwebs, and per-user webs. The change_server.sh script overwrote the existing Apache httpd daemon with a stock daemon that included the FrontPage module, and set default permissions.

In the current release of FrontPage Server Extensions the two scripts have been combined into a single fp_install.sh script. Because of this, when you run fp_install.sh, you will be prompted to overwrite your existing httpd daemon, unless you have manually patched it with the FrontPage 2002 Apache Patch.

To prevent your httpd daemon from being replaced with the stock FrontPage Apache daemon, you must manually patch your Apache server with the FrontPage Server Extensions patch, as described in the SharePoint Team Services Administrator's Guide, under the heading “Compiling and installing your own version of the Apache patch.” When you have manually patched your Apache server in this way, FrontPage_install.sh will not overwrite your httpd daemon.

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### Apache 1.3.19 Support

In previous versions of FrontPage Server Extensions you could install the FrontPage Server Extensions without patching the Apache web server with the FrontPage Apache patch. In the current release, the only supported option is to install the FrontPage Server Extensions to an Apache web server that has the FrontPage Apache patch. For information about applying the FrontPage Apache patch, see "Installing the FrontPage Apache Patch" in the SharePoint Team Services Administrator's Guide.

You need to take some special steps to run the FrontPage Server Extensions with Apache 1.3.19. FrontPage Server Extensions expect to find all resource directives in the main server configuration file, usually http.conf. To prevent the server extensions from using any secondary configuration files (access.conf, srm.conf), add the following lines to http.conf:

> ResourceConfig /dev/null
> AccessConfig /dev/null

If you have some settings stored in secondary configuration files, move them to http.conf. You must stop and restart the web server for your changes to http.conf to take effect.

Note: To successfully install the FrontPage Server Extensions, you must set the AllowOveride value to "All" in the http.conf file.

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### Upgrading from previous version of FrontPage Server Extensions

Custom entries in frontpage.cnf are not migrated to Microsoft FrontPage 2002.

When you install FrontPage Server Extensions 2002, a new frontpage.cnf file is created in the /usr/local/frontpage/version5.0 directory. Any custom settings stored in a previous-version frontpage.cnf are not used. However, you can copy your custom settings from the previous-version frontpage.cnf file after you install the FrontPage Server Extensions 2002.

Do not overwrite the FrontPage 2002 frontpage.cnf file with a frontpage.cnf file from an earlier version of the FrontPage Server Extensions.

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### Uploading files into executable folders

After upgrading to FrontPage 2002, FrontPage authors will not be able to upload files into executable folders. For security reasons, the default setting on FrontPage 2002-based webs does not allow authors to upload executable files into executable folders in a FrontPage web. This setting protects servers so that authors do not inadvertently upload a program containing a bug or a virus.

To allow FrontPage authors to upload executables, set the NoExecutableCgiUpload configuration variable to zero (0). For information about FrontPage Server Extensions configuration variables, see the SharePoint Team Services Administrator's Guide at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sharepoint.

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## Resources for More Information

This section lists sources of more information about the FrontPage Server Extensions.

SharePoint Team Services Administrator's Guide
Microsoft Knowledge Base

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### SharePoint Team Services Administrator's Guide

Documentation of the FrontPage Server Extensions 2002 is included in the SharePoint Team Services Administrator's Guide, at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sharepoint. This includes detailed information about installing and administering the FrontPage Server Extensions along with an overview of the Server Extensions, a detailed discussion of server extensions security on UNIX and Windows, troubleshooting information, and a full set of appendixes.

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### Microsoft Knowledge Base

For further technical information about FrontPage, consult Support Online. Use Support Online to easily search Microsoft Product Support Services' collection of resources, including technical articles from Microsoft's extensive Knowledge Base, FAQs, and troubleshooters. You can also customize the site to control your search using either keywords or the site's natural language search engine, which uses normal, everyday language for answering inquiries, so you can write your question in your own words. To begin, go to http://support.microsoft.com/support/.

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