Re: HTTP 405 Error with CGI executable

From: David Wang [Msft] (someone_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/07/04 

Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 17:30:21 -0700

.efp is not a valid CGI Executable extension recognized by IIS. You need to
either scriptmap .efp to your CGI executable (so all files with .efp
extension is executed by your CGI), or rename the CGI binary with an
extension of .com, .exe, or .cgi. Of course, to execute a CGI, you also
need to have the "Scripts and Executables" permission enabled (if you use a
.efp scriptmap, only "Scripts" is necessary). 

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//David
IIS
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"Andrey P" <andrey@paramonov.pp.ru> wrote in message
news:109kk5svblmi24@news.supernews.com...
Chem wrote:
> ----- Andrey P wrote: -----
>
>      Chem wrote:
>
>      > I have a cgi executable which writes data to the standard output.
>      > The file extension of the executable should be .efp, but that
produces a HTTP 405 Error - Resource Not Allowed
>      > When renaming with extension .cgi, it works.
>      >> Any idea ?
>      > Thanks by advance.
>
>      IIS5 ?
>
>      IIS LockDown tool installed ?
>
>      IIS6 ?
>
>      Make sure that you either have ALL Unknown CGI allowing in IIS MMC >
Web
>      Site Extensions Management or explicitly add that .efp extension to
the
>      list of enabled.
>
>      -Andrey
>
>
> I use IIS 5.0 without Lockdown tool.
> Where is that list of enabled extensions ?
>
Sorry, it's only IIS6 feature.
-Andrey

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