Thanks for the response. I thought this was the problem at first, but the web server is running under the system account. Error logs on the web server seem to point to a different problem.
failure ( 770): cgi_send:cgi_start_exec M:/Netscape/Server4/docs/MSADC/root.exe failed warning ( 770): for host 10.92.206.102 trying to GET /c/winnt/system32/cmd.exe, send-cgi reports: cannot find CGI program M:/Netscape/Server4/docs/c/winnt/system32/cmd.exe (File not found) failure ( 770): cgi_send:cgi_start_exec M:/Netscape/Server4/docs/c/winnt/system32/cmd.exe failed warning ( 770): for host 10.92.206.102 trying to GET /d/winnt/system32/cmd.exe, send-cgi reports: cannot find CGI program M:/Netscape/Server4/docs/d/winnt/system32/cmd.exe (File not found) failure ( 770): cgi_send:cgi_start_exec M:/Netscape/Server4/docs/d/winnt/system32/cmd.exe failed I think that perl thinks that cmd.exe is a cgi program. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon Oliver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jas Grewal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 2:56 PM Subject: Re: system comand from using cgi varriables. > > Jas Grewal wrote: > > > > Hello all, > > > > I am having major problems running a system command from within a script > > initiated by a users response on a web form. > > I am able to run the script fine from the command line and am getting > > the desired results. I have searched the archives for solutions to > > similar problems but have had no joy. I think it may have something to > > do with the way the cgi handles directory structures but am not sure. > > I am on a WinNT4 platform using iPlanet 4.1 as a webserver. > > Sounds like permissions or environment. The web server will run under a > different user account than your own so you must make sure that that user > has permissions to do whatever is necessary to run the script and that it > has the same environment (paths, variables, etc). > > -- > Simon Oliver > _______________________________________________ > Perl-Win32-Web mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs > _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Web mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
