Iis

[RainMaQer]

How do I set up accounts or something so that Admins/Mods will be able to edit and upload pages on my site? I have some people that are going to be helping me by adding scores to the 3dmark2k1 team site and I'm lost on how to set this up for it.

 

[RainMaQer]

Somebody has to know this... I can't even set up an FTP site... someone please help.

 

[Krieger]

you want them to be able to access your webserver to update webpages? or access a Database? Also I'm not familiar with the with what you are trying to do, could you explain exactly what you want to be able to do for me? then I can give you some advice.

 

[RainMaQer]

I'm trying to set my web server up so that several other people can update the scores on the 3dmark2k1 Team Website here. They just need to be able to the open the document in their editor, edit it, save, and upload it to replace the old. Or something that would have the same effect. I need to set it up so they have a password and username... perhaps the same one for them all... its not necessary to have seperate permissions but if necessary then thats cool. I thought that maybe FTP needed to be set up through IIS (Internet Information Services) but I'm not sure how to do that. IIS is built into WinXP and its running now... hence the site hosting on my comp. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Xaotic]

It's been way too long since I played with IIS and my books are at home. You will not need FTP running, but will need to set permissions and access passwords on the virtual machine if I remember correctly. I believe that you need to set anonymous access for Read Only and Authenticated Users for Change permissions. I'll check some more when I get home. It may cause a performance hit, but NTFS is safer for use with IIS and since the access is change make sure it's backed up on a regular basis.

 

[Kingslayer]

Yes you will need an FTP server set up if you want people to upload to you.

I would use the one is IIS that way your security is already in place, especially once you set the accounts.

The best thing to do is to acknowledge this post so I know your watching, download Yahoo voice and I'll walk you through the setup of the FTP and the permissions and the accounts if need be.

 

[RainMaQer]

Yes you will need an FTP server set up if you want people to upload to you.

I would use the one is IIS that way your security is already in place, especially once you set the accounts.

The best thing to do is to acknowledge this post so I know your watching, download Yahoo voice and I'll walk you through the setup of the FTP and the permissions and the accounts if need be.

SWEET!!! Kingslayer I SO appreciate that. I'll be playing with my new toys (XP1600+ and MSI K7T Turbo Limited w/RAID) today and then I have to set up everything again as I had to reformat earlier to install the new mobo. Ummm... just dawned on me... I don't have a mic... is msn, ICQ, or AIM ok?

 

[RainMaQer]

Someone... please... I really need to figure this out.

 

[foshdawg]

heh, the real solution is to use Apache and an ftpd running. IIS has too many security holes in it and there's the ever present Code Red to worry about. Apache has few very vulnerabilities.

 

[Kingslayer]

I'm sorry I haven't been able to help. My boss has been hospitalized and I'm running manning the healm now. Most of my time is spent at work and at home VPN'ing into work.

I apologize.

 

[RainMaQer]

I'm sorry I haven't been able to help. My boss has been hospitalized and I'm running manning the healm now. Most of my time is spent at work and at home VPN'ing into work.

I apologize.

No problem bro... I set up a temp. FTP for now... I'm still working on the whole permissions thing though... I just don't want the general public to be able to access the FTP. Only with a user name and password. I'm lost beyond this point

And yes I prefer IIS as its built into my OS... therefor no extra setting up to do. Secrurity isn't a serious issue as this is only going to be on my comp for so long... we're working on getting a domain and hosting some time soon... Just for now I've got a lot going on and need a hand or 2 updating the scores and checking the scores.

 

[foshdawg]

And yes I prefer IIS as its built into my OS... therefor no extra setting up to do.

support for IIS is built in, you still have to install it and the software extensions for it. and of course, fully setting it up is the biggest pain you'll have.

 

[RainMaQer]

support for IIS is built in, you still have to install it and the software extensions for it. and of course, fully setting it up is the biggest pain you'll have.

Oh heck ya its a pain... I could sue MS right now for the migranes it's causing j/k

I'm just not sure about any of it... the site right now is php and html... MySQL is looking tempting... VERY tempting... and not too difficult. But I'll have to think about how the mods/admin besides myself would do updating... but I think MySQL teamed up with PHP would solve that problem all in itself. Whatcha think?

Also... I think I'm gonna start looking into a server and domain for the site... any ideas or suggestions?

 

[foshdawg]

heh, i'd definitely use PHP and MySQL. last night i wrote a rudimentary entry/display for scores on my own server. it's not very pretty right now heh but i've got the basic model of the database written, now all i need to write is login support, profiles, and about 9038085 other things hehe. but at least i'm started on it, ask dissolved for more info or PM me about it.