Re: [TCLUG:9106] MS FrontPage woes

[Christopher Palmer <reid@pconline.com>]

On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, Tim Wilson wrote:

> Actually, what I'm wondering is if some of you have experience with FP and
> can tell me if it's possible to have FP not use FP extensions. Is there a
> program setting somewhere? I don't have a copy of FP, so it would be great
> if someone could tell me exactly how to disble them (so I can forward the
> information to the offending Web masters).

For Apache to work with the FrontPage client program, you need to install
extensions to Apache. These take the form of CGI scripts (binaries, not
interpreted) and lots and lots of config files.

I will tell you right now that unless you want to do 20 hours of work per
week more, *do not* under *any* circumstances install these extensions.
They are purposefully made to work badly under Unix so that people will
feel like they have to move to NT/IIS. They are flaky beyond belief and
the client software is no better.

Did I mention the security risk?


-- Chris

  Christopher Reid Palmer : www.innerfireworks.com