Gentle folks,
I want to migrate an intranet web from Windows platform to Linux. At the moment I run the web
on a W2k server and administer it from a W2k client (using MS FrontPage for editing htm pages
and VisInterDev for the asp ones). I authenticate my users with a logon.asp page that looks into
an SQL Server database (on the same W2k server) having user names and passwords of my users.
I also use a part of that database for some other web pages etc. So far - so good.
What I want is to switch that web server to a MDK 9.1 platform that is installed on the other disk
(described in http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Linux+WinNT.html). The next step would be to switch
editing the web server with the client box (also having MDK 9.1 installed as the alternate OS). Btw,
I am not going to upgrade Mdk 9.1 to something newer soon, don't ask me why).
So, what I am wondering now is:
- Is it possible to run a Linux tool that would be capable to 'import' the whole web site from the
Windows disk (both are SCSI disks of the same size) and to make it operational quickly? If not,
what would be the suitable solution (I wouldn't mind to keep W2k site there for a while, at least
for a transitional period of time, until I get some proficiency of administering under Linux).
- Are there some MDK 9.1 'from-the-box' editing tools for HTM(L) and ASP pages that I may use
for remote administration the web server and editing the content from my MDK 9.1 client box? If
not, what would you suggest to read about? Btw, I run Mozilla 1.7.x under both Win and Lin
environment - as the email client and web browser - but don't have any idea about its Composer
quality.
- What to use instead of SQL Server - capable to authenticate the users in the similar manner as
described above? Of course, instead of the ASP login pages, some other mechanism may be used.
Regards,
Misko
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