Running a CGI script

[tEkPhReAkk]

I have someone who needs to get their CGI (Perl) script to run under IIS. I understand that the script need to be in the cgi-bin directory, but when the script is called all it does, is load the actually script text in the browser. What did i miss in configuration?

 

[Mubashir]

Hard to tell anything from the info you've posted. Check the following, anyway:

1. Have you installed the Perl Interpreter?

2. The directory containing Perl scripts only requires Execute permission. It should never be granted Read or Write permissions.

Once installed, you must edit the ScriptMap in the Registry to include the MIME extension. The Value Name for Perl is .pl, its data type is REG_SZ, and string value is <full path>\perl.exe %s. Do not forget to include %s or Perl will not execute. Finally, you must restart the

http://WWW Service

for the Registry change to take effect.

Hope this helps. Mubashir
muhammad.mubashir@sbp.org.pk

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