The following are options for using FrontPage to manage users, groups and roles on various servers configured with Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions or SharePoint Team Services from Microsoft.
User management options with FrontPage Server Extensions 2002
| Can I . . . |
Apache |
IIS |
| Create a user (machine account) for a web site? |
No |
Yes |
| Add an existing user (machine or domain account) to a web site? |
No |
Yes |
| Add an existing group (machine or domain account) to a web site? |
No |
Yes |
| Manage permissions for users? |
No |
Yes |
| Manage permissions for groups? |
No |
Yes |
| Create roles for a web site? |
Yes |
Yes |
| Assign web site roles to user accounts? |
Yes |
Yes |
Note Apache is the only UNIX-based Web server that supports Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions 2002.
User management options with SharePoint Team Services
| Can I . . . |
Apache |
IIS |
| Create a user (machine account) for the web site? |
N/A |
Yes |
| Add an existing user (machine or domain account) to a web site? |
N/A |
Yes |
| Add an existing group (machine or domain account) to a web site? |
N/A |
Yes |
| Manage permissions for users? |
N/A |
Yes |
| Manage permissions for groups? |
N/A |
Yes |
| Create roles for a web site? |
N/A |
Yes |
| Assign web site roles to users? |
N/A |
Yes |
User management options with FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions or earlier
| Can I . . . |
Apache* |
IIS |
| Create a user (machine account) for the web site? |
No |
No |
| Add an existing user (machine or domain account) to a web site? |
No |
Yes |
| Add an existing group (machine or domain account) to a web site? |
No |
Yes |
| Manage permissions for users? |
No |
No |
| Manage permissions for groups? |
No |
Yes |
| Create roles for a web site? |
No |
No |
| Assign web site roles to users? |
No |
No |
Note *UNIX-based Web servers that support Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions or earlier include Apache 1.2.4 and 1.3.14, NCSA 1.5.2, Netscape Enterprise Server 3.0 and 3.5.1, Netscape FastTrack 2.0 and 3.0.1, and Stronghold 2.3.
User and group permissions available with FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions or earlier
- Browse The individual user, or users in a group, can browse the files in the web (read access).
- Author The individual user, or users in a group, can browse and change the files in a web (read and write access).
- Administer The individual user, or users in a group, can browse and change the files in the web, and can also administer the web by adding and removing users (full access).
Roles available with FrontPage 2002 and SharePoint Team Services
The following roles are available by default for Web sites hosted on servers running SharePoint Team Services. Each role gives the user rights to perform specific actions on a Web site or virtual server.
- Browser View the pages in the Web site. This role contains the following rights: FrontPage Browse, View Document Discussions, View Lists.
- Contributor Participate in document discussions and subscribe to documents or folders. This role contains all Browser rights plus the following rights: Author Document Discussions, Close Document Discussions, Subscribe To Document.
- Author Add pages to the Web site and edit tasks and lists. This role contains all Contributor rights plus the following rights: Author Pages, Author Lists.
- Advanced Author Edit a Web site in FrontPage. This role contains all Author rights plus the following rights: Border Web, Theme Web, Design Lists, Link Style Sheets, Recalc Web.
- Administrator Manage a Web site or virtual server. This role contains all rights.
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