On Fri, 3 Nov 2000, Liz Burke-Scovill wrote:
> Hi - I'm trying to get access to some files via a windows system, but they
> are stored on a linux box. It looks like they were created using front
> page extensions, but no one is around anymore with access to the files.
> Therefore, I need to reset the passwords, or create new users, but of
> course have to go in the back way - 

FP Extensions under Apache use standard .htaccess for authentication.

Search around for htaccess in the directories.

> If I try to connect to the share via samba, I cannot do anything with
> these files, however, if I log into the linux box and edit the files
> directly, I have no problems at all. 

Samba? On a web server? Hope you got a kick-butt firewall.  :)

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