Front Page Server Error

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learimany

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I am trying to set up in my web: www.luisarimany.com a restricted area. As I work with Front Page, I wanted to do it though its server capabilities, but I receive the following error:

Server Error: Unknown web server type " ". On Windows platforms, Microsoft Internet Information Server is supported. On UNIX platforms, Apache with the Microsoft FrontPage patch is supported.

If I go to the DirectAdmin control Panel , to the Front Page Extensions (It is Enabled) and I click the “Administrator FrontPage” I get the same error.

I have two questions:
1. Can it be fixed?
2. Do I have any problem in protecting certain areas of my web directly with the DirectAdmin Control Panel?

Thank you,

Luis
 
FP Server Error Accessing from DA

I also get this error and my host company can't explain it.

Anyone?
 
The error can be attributed to 'mod_security' (or at least it was on our servers). In the httpd.conf file (if mod_security is being run) there may be a line like this:
Code: 
SecServerSignature "Power Mod by ........."
or something to that affect.

When the FrontPage Admin is run through the DA user panel, the FP Admin attempts to verify the server type before allowing the end user access. If it can not determine the server type, IE.. Apache 1.3.x or Apache 2.x.x it will return an error like you both are seeing. The server admin will need to modify this section in a manner so that FP Admin can determine the server type in order for it to work correctly.

Again, this is what we found to be causing the error on our servers and is not a definitive answer. It is up to the server admin to confirm this information for their server setup.
 
Thanks very much for your reply. I hope that this will assist my web hosting company in trouble-shooting the problem.

Cheers,

Jim
 
I now have proper access to the FrontPage admin panel. I assume that your advice helped my hosting company to make the fix.

Once again, thanks for your help.
 
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