| Mark B 2005-07-28, 7:49 am |
| Hi all,
I'm the admin of a school. For years, my boss (the IT resources co-ordinator
and teacher) has dreamed of using FPSE on a server at the school so the
1000-plus students can create/publish their own web sites but, up till now,
it has only ever been that; a dream. No previous tech could get FPSE to go
on the existing servers.
Today, I built a 2k3 server from scratch, installed the FPSE on it, and away
it went! Hooray, says my boss.
The server is a member server of the domain. It does not host a copy of the
AD. It was built specifically for FPSE.
I'm reading other posts here that seem somewhat unsettling. While my boss is
terribly excited the FPSE are ... working... from his point of view, I might
have to recant, and remove FPSE.
I want to create subwebs like so:-
\inetpub\wwwroot\students\<student ID>
\inetpub\wwwroot\admins
\inetpub\wwwroot\school
Each student would have their own folder based on their login ID (so over
1000 folders).
That site would be surfaable to like so:-
http://server/students/<my_id>
(These web sites will not be accessible from the Internet - strictly
Intranet only)
Can that student ID's www folder rights be tied to the student ID in the
domain Active Directory? Can I say to Active Directory, "I need this student
ID to have full rights so he/she can publish their web site on an ongoing
basis, even delete it if he/she wants to, AND all other students can surf to
it and view the content for comparison reasons (ie, the giggle factor, and
the wow factor)".
Essentially make web site design classes a reality, just as my boss
envisages. Java, Flash, ASP, CSS, the whole 9 yards.
We really want to use Front Page for this (because of our corporate license
for the product), and we really want to use FPSE because (I assume) it ties
in really well. But if administration is going to be a XXXXX, why bother?
Where can I, as an admin who doesn't know jack about setting up an FPSE
system, go for good, human readable info on how to set it up in a way my
boss wants? I'm seeing that rights have to be managed locally! Student
accounts must be created on that server! Eeeeewwww!
Thanks all,
Mark
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