Files and Permissions for UNIX Web Servers

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Microsoft Corporation

Updated April 15, 1999

This appendix lists the permissions settings for the directories and files that contain the Microsoft® FrontPage® Server Extensions. The initial installation of the FrontPage Server Extensions will install the files and directories listed in this appendix. As virtual servers are added, the appropriate files will be copied from these directories. This appendix reflects the file and folder permissions that are set by the fp_install.sh script.

/usr/local/frontpage/version4.0/
-r--r--r--	bin	bin	LICENSE.TXT	Software license agreement
dr-xr-xr-x	bin	bin	_vti_bin	Server Extensions CGI directory
dr-xr-xr-x	bin	bin	admcgi	HTML Administration forms directory
drwx--x--x	root	bin	apache-fp	Apache patch directory
dr-xr-xr-x	bin	bin	bin	Administration tools directory
-r-xr-xr-x	bin	bin	change_server.sh	Apache patch server installation script
dr-xr-xr-x	bin	bin	exes	Server extensions CGI implementation directory
-r-xr-xr-x	bin	bin	fp_install.sh	Server extensions installation script
-rw-rw-r--	bin	bin	frontpage.cnf	Server extensions configuration file
dr-xr-xr-x	bin	bin	nls	National Language Support files directory
-r--r--r--	bin	bin	readme.asp	Server extensions informational file
dr-xr-xr-x	bin	bin	serk	Server Extensions Resource Kit document directory
-r-xr-xr-x	bin	bin	set_default_perms.sh	Resets permissions on server extensions files
/usr/local/frontpage/version4.0/_vti_bin:
dr-xr-xr-x	bin	bin	_vti_adm	Administrative stub directory
dr-xr-xr-x	bin	bin	_vti_aut	Authoring stub directory
-r-xr-xr-x	bin	bin	fpcount.exe	Hit counter component stub
-r-xr-xr-x	bin	bin	shtml.exe	Server Extensions browse-time stub program
/usr/local/frontpage/version4.0/_vti_bin/_vti_adm
-r-xr-xr-x	bin	bin	admin.exe	Server Extensions administration stub program
/usr/local/frontpage/version4.0/_vti_bin/_vti_aut
-r-xr-xr-x	bin	bin	author.exe	Server Extensions authoring stub program
/usr/local/frontpage/version4.0/admcgi
-r--r--r--	bin	bin	*.asp	HTML
-r--r--r--	bin	bin	*.gif	HTML Administration Forms images
dr-xr-xr-x	bin	bin	scripts	HTML Administration server-side executable directory
/usr/local/frontpage/version4.0/admin/scripts
-r-xr-xr-x	bin	bin	fpadmcgi.exe	HTML Administration server-side executable program
/usr/local/frontpage/version4.0/apache-fp
dr-xr-xr-x	bin	bin	_vti_bin	Apache patch stub program directory
-r--r--r--	bin	bin	fp-patch-apache_1.3.1	FrontPage Apache patch source code
-r--r--r--	root	bin	fpexe.c	fpexe program source code
-r-xr-xr-x	root	bin	httpd, httpd.compat	Pre-built patched Apache daemons
-rw-------	root	bin	suidkey	Custom key file created by change_server.sh
-rw-------	root	bin	suidkey.<number> *	Dynamic key files created by change_server.sh, one per web process
/usr/local/frontpage/version4.0/apache-fp/_vti_bin
-rwsr-xr-x	root	bin	fpexe	Apache patch stub program
/usr/local/frontpage/version4.0/bin
-rw-r--r--	bin	bin	_vti_inf.aspl	FrontPage information file
-r-xr-xr-x	bin	bin	fpsrvadm.exe	FrontPage Server Extensions administration utility
-rw-r--r--	bin	bin	postinfo.aspl	WebPost information file
/usr/local/frontpage/version4.0/bin/10xx
-r--r--r--	bin	bin	fpext.msg	Server extensions message file, in language-specific directory.
/usr/local/frontpage/version4.0/exes
dr-xr-xr-x	bin	bin	_vti_bin
/usr/local/frontpage/version4.0/exes/_vti_bin
dr-xr-xr-x	bin	bin	_vti_adm	Administration program directory
dr-xr-xr-x	bin	bin	_vti_aut	Authoring program directory
-r-xr-xr-x	bin	bin	fpcount.exe	Hit counter component runtime
-r-xr-xr-x	bin	bin	shtml.exe	Server extensions browse-time program
/usr/local/frontpage/version4.0/exes/_vti_bin/_vti_adm
-r-xr-xr-x	bin	bin	admin.exe	Server extensions administration program
/usr/local/frontpage/version4.0/exes/_vti_bin/_vti_aut
-r-xr-xr-x	bin	bin	author.exe	Server extensions authoring program
/usr/local/frontpage/version4.0/nls
-r--r--r--	bin	bin	*.nls	Code page description files
/usr/local/frontpage/version4.0/nnnn/serk
-r--r--r--	bin	bin	*.asp	Server Extensions Resource Kit HTML documents
-r--r--r--	bin	bin	*.gif	Server Extensions Resource Kit images

Content area file/directory permissions

The file list below shows the locations and permissions for the FrontPage Server Extensions on a UNIX server when fpsrvadm.exe is run with the recommended umask of 022 by the administrator "kelly". The permissions do not allow group write access. They are
644 (rw-r—r--) for files and 755 (rwxr-xr-x) for directories.

To generate any other set of permissions, set your umask accordingly before running fpsrvadm.exe. To add administrators and authors, use the FrontPage Permissions command.

drwxr-xr-x	kelly	volcano	_vti_bin
drwxr-xr-x	kelly	volcano	_vti_cnf
-rw-r--r--	kelly	volcano	_vti_inf.aspl
drwxr-xr-x	kelly	volcano	_vti_log
drwxr-xr-x	kelly	volcano	_vti_pvt
drwxr-xr-x	kelly	volcano	_vti_txt
-rw-r--r--	kelly	volcano	index.aspl
-rw-r--r--	kelly	volcano	postinfo.aspl
_vti_bin:
drwxr-xr-x	kelly	volcano	_vti_adm
drwxr-xr-x	kelly	volcano	_vti_aut
-r-sr-sr-x	kelly	volcano	fpcount.exe
-r-sr-sr-x	kelly	volcano	shtml.exe
_vti_bin/_vti_adm:
-r-sr-sr-x	kelly	volcano	admin.exe
_vti_bin/_vti_aut:
-r-sr-sr-x	kelly	volcano	author.exe

For maximum security, files created in FrontPage are created with a umask of 022. To allow files to be created with a custom umask, edit and recompile the stub executables, shtml.exe, author.exe, admin.exe, and fpcount.exe. The source for these files is in /usr/local/frontpage/version4.0/srcs/fpsuid.c. To create a custom umask:

1. Edit fpsuid.c, changing the umask as desired.
2. Compile the file once for each of the stub executables.
3. Replace the stub executables with the new ones.