/_vti_bin/_vti_aut/author.exe ???

[yogalady]

My question is similar to one that was posted yesterday.

I re-published my site (in FP 2003) last Saturday after adding two password
protected PowerPoint shows.

While checking my web statistics this morning, I noticed that visitors
viewed a page named /_vti_bin/_vti_aut/author.exe.

Curious what kind of page this would be, I clicked on it. I was then asked
for my user name and password. After entering the required information, the
following message came up:
method=
status=
• status=262147
• osstatus=0
• msg=No "CONTENT_TYPE" in CGI environment.
• osmsg=

The web statistics lists a second mysterious page:
/_vti_bin/shtml.exe/_vti_rpc
Clicking on it leads to the same message, this time without asking for user
name and password.

Is there a connection between these pages and the added password protected
pps?
Clueless in NM,
Monika

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

author.exe is accessed any time you open the site directly in FP.

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Thomas A. Rowe
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[yogalady]

Thanks, Thomas, this makes sense.

But what does /_vti_bin/shtml.exe/_vti_rpc mean, the second mysterious page
on my web statistics?

Monika