Microsoft KB Archive/215333

= Server Error Converting a Sub Web to a Folder =

Article ID: 215333

Article Last Modified on 2/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions

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This article was previously published under Q215333



SYMPTOMS
When using the FrontPage Client to convert an existing sub Web to a folder on an Apache UNIX server, you get the following error message:

Server error: Cannot open file

"/usr/local/apache/share/htdocs/testweb/_vti_pvt/service.lck for writing,

where the testweb is the web you are trying to convert.



CAUSE
The error is usually caused on UNIX because the sub Web is owned by a different UNIX user account than the root Web or parent Web.



RESOLUTION
To resolve the problem, you can do the following:

Change the UNIX user of the Web you are trying to convert to a folder to the same account that owns the parent Web. You can use the Fpsrvadm.exe command-line utility in /usr/local/frontpage/version4.0/bin to do this by typing the following command at a command prompt:

./fpsrvadm.exe -o chown -p :80 -w

Where  is the IP address for the virtual server and   is the name of the Web you want to convert. You will be prompted for the user name; enter the user name from the root Web.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions.

Additional query words: front page

Keywords: kbbug kbpending KB215333

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