Security fix for MCMS 2001 and 2002 has been released (Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-018)

Microsoft release a security update for MCMS 2001 and 2002, This update resolves two newly discovered, privately reported vulnerabilities. Each vulnerability is documented in the "Vulnerability Details" section of this bulletin.
The 2 problems are
1 - CMS Memory Corruption Vulnerability
2 - CMS Cross-Site Scripting and Spoofing Vulnerability
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Again Win2003 with CMS Arabic problems

Radwa came to me asking for a problem she has on a live site, the client added the posts with Arabic names. OpppppppS , now they can’t browse it, I mentioned this problem before http://shadiesm.blogspot.com/2006/11/arabic-post-name-problems-with-windows.html , the problem is Win2003 cant parse the Arabic encoding in right format to CMS so it can’t open it, the solution is to open the posts with GUID not post.url.

Backup the CMS DB (SDO file)

a. Open the root folder in the IIS
b. You will find a file called web.config cut this file and paste it on the desk top (please note that this will make the site down so you have to put under maintenance page during the backup operation)
c. Open the site manager
d. From the file menu choose package > export
e. A new window will appear click include
f. In the end of this window there is button called browse click on it and select the destination to save the file
g. After that click export
h. A new small window will open click yes to view the report
i. A new page will open with a report about all the objects make sure in the end of it that all channels, templates and resources are exported completely
j. Click export again this will export the database.
k. Go to the desktop and take the web.config file then place it again on the root

Congratulations Hus for MVP for the second time

Man, you always did great in serving the community so I just wanna congratulate you for taking the MVP for the second time, really you deserve it and I’m waiting for more and more from you.

Microsoft Content Management Server MVP

I got a confirmation mail that I got the MVP for Microsoft Content Management Server 2002 , Really I’d like to thank all the people who helped me , special thanks to Hanan Abdel Meguide , Mohamed Wahby , Khaled Hnidak, Nader Torki and Hussien Zahran.
Thank you all and from success to another soon isa

How to get MCMS 2002 SP2, VS.NET 2005 and Team Foundation Server working together

Stefan Goßner posted this important article on his blog. Thanks Stefan for this article
Stefan Wrote
As I dicussed earlier MCMS is not supported with Team Foundation Server. The reason is that the developer tools shipped with MCMS are incompatible with Team Foundation Server and raise an exception when items are checked in.
This might be a significant design limitation for customers, so I spent some time to identify a workaround for this problem. The problem is caused by the developer tools integration in VS.NET 2005. To get Team Foundation Server working with an MCMS template project it would be required to disable the developer tools for this specific project. To still allow users to manage template gallery item it would be required to use a standalone version of MCMS template explorer.
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How to maintain a Microsoft Content Management Server database

This article discusses general best practices for maintaining your Microsoft Content Management Server (MCMS) database by using tools that are included with the MCMS client tools and with SQL Enterprise Manager.

This article also discusses a substitute process for the Background Process (BP). This substitute process includes a SQL stored procedure version of the BP together with an ASP sample script to delete expired postings and to delete expired pages in your MCMS database.

Note The substitute process is for MCMS 2001 only.

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MCMS and .NET 3.0 / WCF

Sometimes you need to write webservice coded in .NET 3.0 / WCF but the problem here is the site manager.
In this case Site Manager will not run if .NET 3.0 is installed. You would need to create a config file to enforce the usage of .NET 2.0 and to separate the environment for .NET versions to be able to run both Site Manager and your web service.

Unauthorized user able to create posting !!!!!!

This case was reported on microsoft.public.cmserver.general group

Case:
We have multiple websites hosted on the same CMS farm by mapping Channel Names to Host Header Names. On one of the sites any user whose is a member our AD group can create new page/posting even though they are not assigned any role in the CMS system. This happens only on one site among the several sites in the server.
Have anyone come across this issue before.

Answer:
please check your rights groups.
Sounds as if the guest account has been assigned to a non-Subscriber rights group.
This is not supported and will lead to such an issue.

Answered by: Stefan Goßner

The remote server returned an error: (401) Unauthorized

I get an HTTP 401 error in Site Manager when trying to export or import items. What might be causing the problem?
Answer
1 - Ensure that the 'ASPNET' account has the "Impersonate a client after authentication" privilege.
2 - Ensure that the /MCMS virtual directory has anonymous access enabled.
3 - Ensure that the /NR virtual directory has anonymous access enabled.