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Installing Windows NT CGI Programs
Another possible solution is to remove
magnus-internal/cgi
type (the MIME type for normal downloadable files). You can do this through the
Server Manager, by choosing the Server Preferences tab and clicking the MIME
Types link. However, the disadvantage to this method is that after making this
change you cannot use
Another solution is to edit your server's
directory, where any file in the directory is downloaded automatically. The rest of
the server won't be affected.
Installing Windows NT CGI Programs
This section discusses how to install Windows NT CGI Programs. The following
topics are included in this section:
•
Overview of Windows NT CGI Programs
•
Specifying a Windows NT CGI Directory
•
Specifying Windows NT CGI as a File Type
Overview of Windows NT CGI Programs
Windows NT CGI programs are handled much as other CGI programs. You
specify a directory that contains only Windows NT CGI programs, or you specify
that all Windows NT CGI programs have the same file extension. Note that like
other CGI programs, you can use both methods at the same time if you want to. For
example, you can create a directory for all your Windows NT CGI programs, and
specify a Windows NT CGI file extension.
Although Windows NT CGI programs behave like regular CGI programs, your
server processes the actual programs slightly differently. Therefore, you need to
specify different directories for Windows NT CGI programs. If you enable the
Windows NT CGI file type, it uses the file extension
Enterprise Servers support the Windows NT CGI 1.3a informal specification, with
the following differences:
•
The following keywords have been added to the [CGI] section to support
security methods:
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type and add it instead to the
files as CGI programs.
.exe
HTTPS: its value is on or off, depending on whether the transaction is
conducted through SSL.
as a file extension from the
.exe
application/octet-stream
file to set up a download
obj.conf
.
.wcg
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