FP97: Configuration Settings for Windows NT Servers

This article describes how to configure FrontPage 97 Server Extensions for Windows NT-based Web servers.

To configure FrontPage 97 Server Extensions for Windows NT-based Web servers, modify the parameter settings in the Frontpg.ini file. This file is typically located in the C:\Windows or C:\Winnt folder. If the server is multi-homed, the sections for each virtual server are shown in the following table: Global settings, which affect all virtual servers, are stored in the [FrontPage 2.0] section of the Frontpg.ini file. The default value for each parameter is 0, unless otherwise noted. The syntax for the statements is: For example: When you place the parameter in the [FrontPage 2.0] section of the Frontpg.ini file, all ports and all web servers installed on that server are affected by the setting. When you place the parameter in the [Port *:<port>] section of the Frontpg.ini file, the specific port is affected.

Logging

When you set Logging to a non-zero value, authoring operations are logged in the Author.log file located in the _vti_log folder of the root Web. Each log entry includes the current time, the remote host, the author's user name, the name of the Web, the operation performed, and per-operation data.

NoSaveResultsToAbsoluteFile

When you set NoSaveResultsToAbsoluteFile to a non-zero value, you prevent the Save Results, Registration, and Discussion WebBot components from writing to an absolute file path when the browsing account has the NTFS rights set to write to that path. When this is set, the Save Results WebBot component can only write a file within the Web's content area.

NoExecutableCgiUpload

When you set NoExecutableCgiUpload to a non-zero value, authors cannot upload files to a directory marked as executable and they cannot mark a directory as executable. For example, when you set NoExecutableCgiUpload to a non-zero value, authors are prevented from uploading and executing Active Server Pages (ASP), Internet Database Connector Pages (IDC), PERL Scripts (PL), CGI scripts, and ISAPI extensions. To restrict an author's ability to upload and execute CGI scripts and ISAPI extensions only, use the AllowExecutableScripts configuration parameter.

AllowExecutableScripts

When you set AllowExecutableScripts to a non-zero value, FrontPage sets the executable bit on files within executable directories. Hence, when directories are marked as executable, all files within the directory are also marked as executable. For example, when you set this parameter to a non-zero value, authors will be able to execute newly uploaded CGI scripts and ISAPI extensions because they will be marked executable.

ReformatHtml

When you set ReformatHtml to "Y" or a non-zero value, the FrontPage 97 Server Extensions reformat all HTML pages as they are uploaded. When you set ReformatHTML to zero, the FrontPage 97 Server Extensions reformat only pages that contain WebBot components.

UpperCaseTags

When you set UpperCaseTags to "Y" or a non-zero value, all HTML tags are converted to upper-case characters when the FrontPage 97 Server Extensions reformat the HTML pages.

PreserveTagCase

When you set PreserveTagCase to "Y" or a non-zero value, the case of HTML tag attributes is preserved when the FrontPage 97 Server Extensions reformat the HTML pages. Note that the tag itself will always be upper- or lower-case according to the UpperCaseTags attribute.

TextMemory

When you set TextMemory to zero, you turn off full-text indexing of your Webs. When you set TextMemory to a non-zero value, you allocate how many megabytes the full-text indexing uses for its hash-tables and other data structures. The default setting is 1.