Article ID: 175357
Article Last Modified on 10/22/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft FrontPage 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft FrontPage 98 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q175357
SYMPTOMS
Listing FrontPage Webs with FrontPage Explorer does not display the root Web <root web>.
CAUSE
Incorrect LIST permissions exist on the parent directory of the server's content directory <root web>.
RESOLUTION
FrontPage 98 and FrontPage 97 authors and administrators require LIST permissions on the parent directory of the content root. If the Web site can be browsed publicly, then the Internet Guest Account (IUSR_<machine name>) will need LIST permissions to the parent directory of the content root.
Examples for FrontPage 98 and 97:
Method 1
This method demonstrates how to add the required permissions for users and groups to the parent directory. The approach used in this example adds users or groups as they are needed; no blanket built-groups are used.
GROUP PARENT DIRECTORY RIGHT (Preferred)
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SYSTEM C:\INETPUB FULL
ADMINISTRATORS C:\INETPUB FULL
The above permissions will allow the System and the Administrators to see the path to the Web content directory.
To allow a FrontPage Administrators or FrontPage Authors group to list the content directory, the chart changes to:
GROUP PARENT DIRECTORY RIGHT
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SYSTEM C:\INETPUB FULL
ADMINISTRATORS C:\INETPUB FULL
FrontPage Administrators and Authors C:\INETPUB LIST
or
FrontPage Authors C:\INETPUB LIST
To allow anonymous users (IUSR_MACHINE NAME) and FrontPage Administrators or FrontPage Authors to list (see) the content directory, the chart changes to:
GROUP PARENT DIRECTORY RIGHT
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SYSTEM C:\INETPUB FULL
ADMINISTRATORS C:\INETPUB FULL
FrontPage Administrators and Authors C:\INETPUB LIST
or
FrontPage Authors C:\INETPUB LIST
IUSR_<MACHINE NAME> C:\INETPUB LIST
Method 2: Correct Content Root
Set the content directory two sub-directories below the root directory. If the document root is only one subdirectory deep from the drive's root directory, the FrontPage installation program will not set the correct LIST permissions on the parent directory.
c:\Inetpub\<content_root>
Example: Incorrect Content Root
c:\<content_root>
See Method 1 for permissions to the content parent directory.
MORE INFORMATION
For information on FrontPage permissions, see these Knowledge Base articles:
173281 FP97: How to Reset Permissions for FrontPage 97
162144 FP97: Minimum NTFS Permissions Requirements
169082 FP97: How to Fix Permissions on FrontPage Server Administrator
Other resources:
Microsoft FrontPage 98 Server Extensions Resource Kit (SERK): "Files and Permissions for Internet Information Server (IIS)"
Additional query words: fpserver97 fpserver98
Keywords: kbbug KB175357
