Perl Script is Downloaded When Using Netscape 3.0

ID: Q158732

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Information Server versions 1.0, 2.0

SYMPTOMS

When you use browsers that have a mime mapping for .pl or .cgi file the browser may try to download the script rather than executing it.

CAUSE

When the following header information is not present as the first line of a CGI script, a browser with a mime mapping for the file type may try to download the script rather than execute it:


   print "HTTP/1.0 200 OK\n";

RESOLUTION

Make sure your CGI scripts return the following as the first line of the CGI header response:


print "HTTP/1.0 200 OK\n";

Additional query words: iis cgi script download

Keywords : iissecurity iismime iisscript
Version : 1.00 2.00
Platform : winnt
Issue type :