Overview
CGI stands for Common Gateway Interface,
allowing programs to be executed on the web server.
Popular CGI Scripts
ASPmail (IIS)
Formmail
(Apache)
CDOmail (IIS)
Program Locations (Linux)
| Program | Path |
| Java | /usr/bin/java |
| Perl5 | /usr/bin/perl |
| PHP | /usr/bin/php |
| Sendmail | /usr/sbin/sendmail |
Using your own scripts (Linux)
Remember that CGI scripts require read & execute permissions in order to
run.
This can be set using WS_FTP by right clicking on the file, then selecting chmod.
The permission settings can be viewed within WS_FTP by clicking on DirInfo
button,
which shows owner, group & other permissions (Read, Write & eXecute)