Installing FrontPage® on a virtual server

Quick Start

Run the installation script as root e.g.

su -c $ZEUSHOME/webadmin/bin/fpinst.sh
and answer the questions posed.

Frontpage support will be added.

If any problems occur you will be given an error message and instructions on how to fix the problem.

Interactive Installation

The following questions will be asked. Press return to use the default value if one is given.

Virtual Server

The name of the virtual server as identified in the admin server, e.g. 'test' or 'frontpage'

Subserver site name (optional)

If the virtual server you specifed has subservers enabled you will be asked to specify a subserver. e.g.

mysite.isp.com or
www.mysite.com

Unix user name

This is the user name of the owner of the files in the document root and the user that FrontPage extensions will run as.

You cannot specify root.

Unix group name

The group of the files in the document root.

Administrator user name

The name of the owner of the "root web", used for access control on publishing to this FrontPage "web". The user of this web will be prompted for this when publishing.

Administrator user name and password

The username and password of the owner of the "root web", used for access control on publishing to this FrontPage "web". The user of this web will be prompted for this when publishing.

A password which is the same as the username or the same as the Zeus Admin server is not allowed. If required this can be overidden using the command line options.

Changes

After entering the necessary details, the script will create the configuration files and template files required by the FrontPage extensions for the virtual server.

Specifically it will :

After successful completion you should see the text

"Install completed."

Command line

Alternatively you can specify some or all of this information using command line options.

A few additional options are also available.

For more information see command line options.

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