How do I configure WebSite to support Perl for Win32?
The following information is for setting up O’Reilly WebSite to use Perl for Win32 for standard CGI (not PerlIS). Other O’Reilly servers (WebSite Professional) should be similar [? -ESP]. • Install WebSite. Make sure you can retrieve HTML pages before continuing. • Associate Perl scripts with the perl interpreter, if you haven’t already. See question 4.10 for how to do this. You may need to re-start the server after making the association. • Set up a “Standard CGI Directory” to hold your Perl scripts. You can use the Server Properties dialog box do to this. • Ensure that the script is readable by the account used by the WebSite service. Generally, this means you should make the script readable by the Everyone group. • Ensure that all supporting files, like the perl binary files, the perl library files, and the modules that you use, are all readable by the account used by the WebSite service (i.e., the Everyone group). Because WebSite servers run as services (see question 4.8), you need
