RE: unix vs. nt for cgi

Hi Roger,

You shouldn't need any miracles ... I (and many others, I think)
do CGI on NT all the time.  Your hosting service should be able
to tell you what you can and can't do CGI-wise on the box.

The server needs to be configured properly (just like for a Unix
box) - that you have the right software (for example, Perl with
the right modules and so on), that the webserver (IIS? Apache?)
is configured properly to execute CGI ... .  You may need to
modify your script if it access the file system, 'cause of course
it's different on NT than on Unix.

HTH ... contact me off-list if you have more questions ...

David Clapper

>--- Original Message ---
>From: "roger" <magic32(at)jps.net>
>To: <hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org>
>Date: 6/8/01 11:48:28 AM
>

>Ok, probably an *extremely* simple *silly* question, but ANYWAYS...
>
>I'm working on a basic cgi page that that will take some user
input and put
>it in a nice table suitable for printing. So far this works
fine.
>
>I just found out that the server this will be going on is an
Windows NT
>server.
>
>Here's the silly question part: This isn't going to work is
it?
>
>(there *is* a cgi-bin, but there's nothing in it, and I can't
telnet
>in...again, probably because it's not a unix server eh? Gosh.)
>
>Any simple miracles would be greatly appreciated,
>
>tia,
>
>-Roger Harness
>
>

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