FP: How to Create an Alias for FrontPage Personal Web Server (151541)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows with Bonus Pack
  • Microsoft FrontPage for Windows 1.1
This article was previously published under Q151541

For a Microsoft FrontPage 98 version of this article, see 194154.

SUMMARY

If your computer is running FrontPage Personal Web Server, you may want to create an alias to another folder (directory) or drive. Creating an alias to another folder or drive allows remote clients to browse documents at various locations as though these documents were FrontPage Webs.

MORE INFORMATION

To create an alias to a folder, to a CD-ROM drive, or to a network drive, use any of the following methods.

Method 1: Create an alias to a folder

  1. In a text editor such as Notepad, open the Srm.cnf file.

    NOTE: This file is usually found in C:\Vermeer\Httpd\Conf for FrontPage version 1.0 and in C:\FrontPage Webs\Server\Conf for FrontPage versions 1.1 and 97.
  2. In the Srm.cnf file, type:

    Alias /name/ c:/folder/

Method 2: Create an alias to the root directory of a CD-ROM drive

  1. In a text editor such as Notepad, open the Srm.cnf file.

    NOTE: This file is usually found in C:\Vermeer\Httpd\Conf for FrontPage version 1.0 and in C:\FrontPage Webs\Server\Conf for FrontPage, versions 1.1 and 97.
  2. In the Srm.cnf file, type:

    Alias /cdrom/ d:/./

Method 3: Create an alias to a network drive or share

  1. In a text editor such as Notepad, open the Srm.cnf file.

    NOTE: This file is usually found in C:\Vermeer\Httpd\Conf for FrontPage version 1.0 and in C:\FrontPage Webs\Server\Conf for FrontPage, versions 1.1 and 97.
  2. In the Srm.cnf file, type:

    Alias /name/ //server/share/

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/30/2003
Keywords:kbhowto KB151541
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