Perl wrote: > > I have opened up all permissions on the winnt cgi-bin directories and every dir that >even might be involved. > > My perl extensions work fine from a command line. > > Here is my form: > > <FORM ACTION="/cgi-bin/kelli.pl" METHOD="POST"> > <input type=submit value="hee hee"></form> > > Here is my script: > > print "Content-Type: text/html\n\n"; > > print "Hello, it's me, Tod Rungren."; > exit; > > I have using cgi on apache for about 1 year and have done lot's of cool stuff. But >Microsoft may as well bend me over and....well....I'm trying to say that life seems >more difficult and painful when I try to get a cgi to execute on a winnt/ie setup. > > The error I get is this: > > HTTP Error 405 > 405 Method Not Allowed > > The method specified in the Request Line is not allowed for the resource identified >by the request. Please ensure that you have the proper MIME type set up for the >resource you are requesting. > > Please contact the server's administrator if this problem persists. > > On my default web site, in IE, right clicking on properties, I have checked "read" >"write" and "execute (including script") On have given everyone and all ie USR >accounts full control of the whole inetpub sub-dir and all other related dirs. 1) What's IIE ? You mean MSIE or IIS or ??? 2) You didn't specifically state which webserver you are using (although you did refer to having used Apache in the past). Apache ? IIS? 3) If it's Apache, read my mini-FAQ for installing on Win32 (see my freeyellow/webjump sites). 4) A 405 under Apache can usually be remedied by adding POST to the httpd.conf/.htaccess file under Limit directive (default is GET only): <Limit GET POST> order allow,deny allow from all </Limit> HTH, take a qualude and call it a night, -- ,-/- __ _ _ $Bill Luebkert ICQ=14439852 (_/ / ) // // DBE Collectibles http://www.wgn.net/~dbe/ / ) /--< o // // Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dbecoll.webjump.com/ -/-' /___/_<_</_</_ http://www.freeyellow.com/members/dbecoll/ _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Web mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/perl-win32-web
