Installing Frontpage97 Server Extensions On Unix /Linux Systems - Netscape ENTREPRISE SERVER 6.0 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

Installing FrontPage97 Server Extensions on
UNIX /Linux Systems
The installation process on a UNIX /Linux system requires you to have the
appropriate file permissions and directories set up beforehand. The extensions
require a specific directory structure, which is discussed later in this section. After
installation, you must perform some additional administrative tasks for setting
permissions and accessing specific webs.
These installation instructions are for the standalone FrontPage Server Extensions
that are in a tarred file that is downloadable from the Microsoft FrontPage web site
or the Ready-To-Run Software website.
NOTE You must be logged in as the root user to perform the installation.
Also, the root user must have write permission for the
directory, even if this is not the directory where you will install the
extensions. If you install the extensions in a different directory, a
soft link is added automatically to
To install the extensions, perform the following steps:
Log in as the root user so you can install the FrontPage Server Extensions from
1.
the tar file:
cd /usr/local
Untar the downloaded file.
2.
This creates a
/usr/local/FrontPage/version2.0
several other new directories under the document root directory. For example,
for the FrontPage 97 extensions on a Solaris platform, you untar the
vt20.solaris.tar.z file:
tar xvf /usr/tmp/vt20.solaris.tar
Change directories to
3.
cd frontpage/version2.0
Create a directory named
4.
it.
mv _vti_bin extensions
Install the WPP kit to
5.
For Solaris, use this code:
/usr/local/frontpage/version2.0
and move the
/extensions
/usr/local/frontpage/version2.0
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Installing FrontPage Server Extensions
/usr/local
.
/usr/local
directory and installs
.
directory into
_vti_bin
.
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