Microsoft KB Archive/194275

= FP98: Cannot Set Executable Directory on Multi-Homed Server =

Article ID: 194275

Article Last Modified on 10/3/2001

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft FrontPage 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q194275



For a Microsoft FrontPage 97 version of this article, see 162243.



SYMPTOMS
When you run FrontPage to administer content on a Web server that implements software multi-homing, you will not be able to configure executable folders within your FrontPage Web from FrontPage Explorer.

For more information about configuring Web servers for multi-homing, consult your Web server documentation.

The third-party products that are discussed in this article are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding the performance or reliability of these products.



CAUSE
There is no documented way to specify the Internet Protocol (IP) address or domain name to be associated with the directive in the configuration files on a Web server that performs multi-homing. This feature functions correctly on Web servers that are configured to multi-home with a separate IP for each domain. FrontPage 98 is not designed to work with software multi-homing.



RESOLUTION
To enable FrontPage Server Extensions on a multi-homed Web server, configure the server to multi-home with a separate IP address for each domain. Netscape refers to this as hardware multi-homing.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
Netscape Corporation defines Software multi-homing as two categories: Multi-root and single-root. Multi-root "software" multi-homing is occurs when all customers on a Web server share the same IP address, but each customer has a separate document root directory. Single-root "software" multi-homing is occurs when all customers on a Web server share the same IP address, and each customer has a separate subweb under the root Web server content directory. However, only the actual home page gets redirected to the appropriate page by using directives in the server configuration file. All links within a single-root software multi-homed Web site have to be written relative to that home page.

Additional query words: 98 multihost multihosting multihome Multihoming Apache NCSA software daemon

Keywords: kbbug kbpending KB194275

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