----- Original Message -----
From: "Eiji Hamano (bluequartz)" <bluequartz (at mark) hypersys.ne.jp>
To: <coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org>
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 2:08 AM
Subject: [coba-e:11005] Re: Can't enable frontpage
> Dear Kevin;
> I have a same front page problem with Hugh's as follow:
>
>>> "A FrontPage web could not be created for this site. FrontPage may not
>>> be
>>> enabled if the existing web site contains files that conflict with
>>> FrontPage webs, such as .htaccess files."
>
> I didn't fix my problem yet.
>
> I tried " http://www.nuonce.net/fp-fix.html".
> I tried incert "MIMEMagicFile /dev/null " to
> /etc/httpd/conf/vhosts/siteXX
> Also I tried "/usr/local/bin/fix_frontpage_perms.pl".
>
> Nothing fix my problem.
> I just created a new site with front page server funtion.
> But the msg "A FrontPage web could not be created for this site.."
> occurrs.
>
> I like to try your advice. But I am not clearly what you said.
> I am poor English reader. Would you expain it more detail ?
>
> 1) The advice is one execution of "owsadm.exe" ?
>
> 2) What do you mean folloiwngs ? I just "find" or "remove" the
> folders/files ?
> >> Also run a find on that web directory hunting for any _vti
> folders/files that
> >> may be hiding in sub-directories.
>
> Eiji Hamano
>
>
>> Try an FP extension install from the CLI:
>>
>> /usr/local/frontpage/version5.0/bin/owsadm.exe -o install -t
>> apache-2.0 -u
>> webmaster -p 80 -m www.site.tld -s /etc/httpd/conf/vhosts/siteX -xu
>> nobody -xq siteX
>>
>> Also run a find on that web directory hunting for any _vti folders/files
>> that
>> may be hiding in sub-directories.
>>
>> -Kevin
You need to remove all the files from the site's web directory before
installing the FP extensions.
The process I use is
cd /home/sites/www.site.tld/web
rm -f .htaccess
rm -f postinfo.html
rm -Rf ../fp
mkdir ../fp
mv ./* ../fp
cd ../fp
cp -R images ../web/images
#now at this point go to the server /admin page and enable FP extensions.
for that site.
#after that completes, move the files back.
mv ./* ../web
##then you need to
/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd restart
----
Ken Marcus
Ecommerce Web Hosting by
Precision Web Hosting, Inc.
http://www.precisionweb.net