Q150041: Environment Variables Returned by IIS via CGI

Article: Q150041
Product(s): Internet Information Server
Version(s): 1.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbusage
Last Modified: 20-FEB-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Internet Information Server version 1.0 
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SUMMARY
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Custom environment variables will not be returned by Internet Information Server
(IIS) via a CGI application.

MORE INFORMATION
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The following environment variables are returned by IIS:

  AUTH_TYPE
  ComSpec
  GATEWAY_INTERFACE
  All HTTP_* variables
  CONTENT_LENGTH
  CONTENT_TYPE
  PATH
  PATH_INFO
  PATH_TRANSLATED
  QUERY_STRING
  REMOTE_ADDR
  REMOTE_HOST
  REMOTE_USER
  REQUEST_METHOD
  SCRIPT_NAME
  SERVER_NAME
  SERVER_PROTOCOL
  SERVER_PORT
  SERVER_SOFTWARE
  SystemRoot
  windir


Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbusage 
Technology        : kbiisSearch kbiis100
Version           : :1.0

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