KB151541 - FP: How to Create an Alias for FrontPage Personal Web Server

Article ID: 151541

Article Last Modified on 10/30/2003

Microsoft FrontPage 97 Standard Edition
Microsoft FrontPage 1.1 Standard Edition

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

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.
In the Srm.cnf file, type:
Alias /name/ c:/folder/

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

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.
In the Srm.cnf file, type:
Alias /cdrom/ d:/./

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

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.
In the Srm.cnf file, type:
Alias /name/ //server/share/

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