Hello All,
From my notes, I created a how-to If there is a better, please PLEASE
please let me know.... I prefer not to do this procedure.
I found a paragraph about preventing this problem that stated to set the
default for all sites with the Frontpage option checked and then create a
Frontpage site on the new server. it was a little vague and I did not know
if they meant each site or just one and the rest will be OK. I will try it
on my next CMU.
Here is my fix procedure - no too long
CMU SITES WITH FRONTPAGE: Transferring the sites to the new server has
presented a few problems. The sites display but cannot be updated with
FrontPage. The FrontPage Extensions option is not checked in the GUI for
the sites. These fix procedures should help get around the problem. I
found two kinds of problems. The fix does include republishing the website
in either case because the structure of the site is wiped when the
extensions are added to the site.
1. FIRST SCENARIO:
a. If you can add a password in the GUI and you get no
error, you have to login to the command line as root and run the following
command:
(1) /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd restart
b. Then the USER can open FrontPage and Publish.
c. However, the website will be broken and they will
have to republish the site. You can save them the trouble if you have the
saved backup files from the previous server.
(1) cp groups-www.SITENAME.com-public.tar.gz
/home/sites/www.SITENAME.com/web/
(2) cd /home/sites/www.SITENAME.com/web/
(3) tar zxvf
groups-www.SITENAME.com-public.tar.gz
(4) rm zxvf
groups-www.SITENAME.com-public.tar.gz
2. SECOND SCENARIO - cannot add FrontPage and must remove
.htaccess files.
a. You Cannot add a password to FrontPage at first.
When you do, It says, "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."
b. uncheck the option for FrontPage Extensions and
save.
c. You have remove all .htaccess files from the website
(or rename them). Login to the command line as root and cd to that web
directory. Then you have to Move or delete the .htaccess files in the web
folder. I removed by using these commands for each directory level in
the site.:
(1) rm .htaccess
(2) rm */.htaccess
(3) rm */*/.htaccess
d. In the GUI for the Site, Add the check mark and
password for FrontPage extensions. If you can add a password in the GUI and
you get no error, you have to login to the command line as root and run the
following command:
(1) /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd restart
e. Then the USER can open FrontPage and Publish.
I hope this helps others....
John
-----Original Message-----
From: John Gorena
Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 2:00 AM
To: coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
Subject: [coba-e:15984] Frontpage logins do not work after migration
Has anyone ever figured out a procedure on how to get the Frontpage
Extensions to work without having to reset the Frontpage extensions for the
site? Some clients have edited Frontpage live and now that we have
migrated, they cannot get their site until we reset the frontpage extensions
which breaks the site and they have to rebuild it.
At this point I have to
Add a frontpage password in the gui
Then restart httpd
/etc/init.d/httpd restart
I would like to find a way to copy the settings from the old server to the
new one. The OS is Centos Blue Quartz.
Thanks John