FP98: Permissions Change After Reinstalling Extensions

When you uninstall and then reinstall the FrontPage Server Extensions from a Windows NT server running Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS), a Windows NT 4.0 Workstation running Peer Web Services, or the Microsoft Personal Web Server on Windows 95, author and administrator accounts are reset to browse access.

When you remove the FrontPage Server Extensions, the files and folders under the \_vti_bin directory are replaced. The permission settings that exist for the current root establish who can browse the Web. This information is created during the installation of the server extensions and is stored in the Shtml.dll file. However, the permission settings that pertain to the author and administrator accounts, which are stored in the Author.dll and Admin.dll files, are reset to allow browsing the Web.

To modify the permission levels of users or groups, follow these steps:

1. Start FrontPage Explorer.
2. On the Tools menu, click Permissions, and then click the Users tab.
3. Select the account you want to modify, and then click Edit.
4. On the Edit Groups tab, under User Can, select one of the following options:
   Author And Browse This Web
   Administer, Author, And Browse This Web
5. Click OK.