How to Reset Permissions on Multiple Virtual Servers with the FrontPage 98 Server Extensions Installed

• Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows

SUMMARY

This article describes how to reset permissions when the FrontPage 98 Server Extensions are installed, and there are multiple virtual servers that are having permissions problems. The reset steps below will leave all custom permissions intact.

MORE INFORMATION

1. Click Start, and then click Run.



2. Type Cmd in the "Open:" box.



3. Change to the parent directory that contains your virtual servers (for example D:\InetPub).



4. Issue the following command from the command prompt:

   Cacls <foldername> /T /E /R iusr_<machinename> network interactive everyone

   where <foldername> is the name of the home directory for the virtual server, and iusr_<machinename> is the name of the anonymous user on your computer.
   
   (If you want to run this on multiple virtual servers at the same time, you can replace <foldername> with *.* and this command will run on all folders below and on their contents.)



5. Start the FrontPage Server Administrator.



6. Click Start, and then click Run.



7. In the "Open:" box, type the following:

   C:\Program Files\Microsoft FrontPage\version3.0\bin\Fpsrvwin.exe

   Note: This is the default path to the location of the installation of FrontPage. Your path may differ.



8. In the FrontPage Server Administrator, click Check and Fix. (If you are prompted to tighten security as much as possible, choose Yes.)



9. From a command prompt, type the following:

   net stop iisadmin /y
   net start w3svc
   net start msftpsvc (if you are using the FTP Server)
   net start smtpsvc (if you are using the SMTP Service)

   Note: If you have other services dependent on IIS, you will need to restart them as well. This article is specific to IIS version 4.0; restarting the server for other versions of IIS requires different steps. Consult your server documentation if your are running a different version of IIS.



10. At this point, browse access will be restricted.



11. The following steps need to be done for each virtual server:
    
    
    1. Open the root web with FrontPage.
    
    
    
    2. On the Tools menu, click Permissions.
    
    
    
    3. On the Users tab, select "Everyone has browse access" and click Apply.
    
    
    
    4. Repeat steps b and c for each subweb.
    
    
    

REFERENCES

For additional information, please see the following article(s) in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q224147 How to Reset Permissions Using FrontPage 98 Server Extensions

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Last Reviewed: May 14, 1999