DocErr: SERK Absolute File Path Setting Is Incorrect

ID: Q196317

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows

SUMMARY

This article details a correction to the FrontPage Server Extensions Resource Kit (SERK). The settings for NoAbsoluteFileResults and NoServerFileResults as listed in the FrontPage 98 SERK incorrectly explain the default settings.

MORE INFORMATION

The SERK lists the settings for NoAbsoluteFileResults and NoServerFileResults with a default value of 1. This is correct; however, setting the value to "1" does NOT restrict the form handler to saving to the results to the Web content area only.

To make the restriction, the NoServerFileResults setting must be equal to "0." The corrected version and explanation of these configuration settings is listed below:

NoAbsoluteFileResults

Initial value after installation:

A value of 1 for this parameter does not place restrictions on the default (Save Results), Registration, and Discussion FrontPage form handling components from writing results to a file path outside of the content area. The parameter allows form results for form handling components to be saved in any file path on the server that a FrontPage author has access to.

A value of 0 for this parameter forces the default (Save Results), Registration, and Discussion FrontPage form handling components write only to a file within the customer's Web content area. It prevents these FrontPage Components from writing to an absolute file path.

NoServerFileResults

Initial value after installation:

A value of "1" for this parameter allows the default (Save Results), Registration, and Discussion FrontPage form handling components to write to the _vti_log directory in the customer's document root.

Setting the NoServerFileResults parameter to "1" can be useful to allow customers to save the output generated from the Save Results, Registration, and Discussion FrontPage Components to the _vti_log directory in the server's root web.

As a security measure, the Author.log file in the _vti_log directory records all authoring actions on the Web when the Logging parameter is set.

Setting the NoServerFileResults value to "0" for this parameter prevents the default (Save Results), Registration, and Discussion FrontPage form handling components from writing to the _vti_log directory in the customer's document root. It also prevents an author from "covering his tracks" by overwriting or modifying the Author.log file.

Application of settings on Windows Systems:

Both of the settings listed above are administered in the Frontpg.ini configuration file for Windows platforms. By default, the Frontpg.ini file is located in the Winnt folder in Windows NT and in the Windows folder in Windows platforms.

To globally set the parameters above, make the changes under the [FrontPage 3.0] section in the Frontpg.ini file. To make the setting only apply to a particular virtual server, add the settings to the respective Port section for the virtual server in the Frontpg.ini file.

Application of settings on Unix Systems:

On Unix, To globally set the parameters above, make the settings in the Frontpage.cnf file, which is usually stored in the following path:

Usr/local/frontpage/version3.0/frontpage.cnf.

To make the settings only apply to a particular virtual server, add the settings to the respective configuration file for that virtual server.

On multi-hosted systems, the configuration file is <hostname>:<port>.cnf where <hostname> is the fully qualified domain name of the server.

On a single-host system, the file is we<nnn>.cnf where <nnn> is the Web server's port number. In either case, the file is in Usr/local/frontpage by default.

Additional query words: fp serk admin

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Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo