Freeware web servers for NT 4?

[Paul Victorey]

Subject says it all, is there any free http server for NT 4? One that supports PERL CGI scripting?

For how expensive most are I could buy a new server, install linux, and save tons. I'd rather do it free though =]

This is for company intranet, not an internet site, so very low hits.

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Paul M. Victorey
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[glc]

http://serverwatch.internet.com/webservers.html

Take a look at these. Looks like Apache has one for NT now.

[Paul Victorey]

Downloaded it, will install it tomorrow.

Thanks!

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Paul M. Victorey
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[vitalstatistix]

for pl/cgi use ActivePerl from
http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/index.html

cheers

getafix

[Paul Victorey]

I actually already own a 9x/NT perl interpreter, got it free with a book I bought a few years back. Perl 5, with most functionsenabled, excepting of course the ones dealing with file permissions and the like which aren't enabled on 9x boxes. None of the unix specific commands are enabled, but as all the ones I need work just fine, there's no problems.

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Paul M. Victorey
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I am not responsible for any problems that may arise as a result of following my advice. This includes, but is not limited to, computer failure, loss of data, nuclear war, famine, boils, no clean laundry, your daughter running off with a biker gang, or armageddon. Take my advice at your own risk.

[Dave22]

Paul - is there a reason why you don't want to use IIS?

[Paul Victorey]

It's not free, is it? http://www.pcmech.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

I got apache set up, and running now. Justifying the cost of buying a program when there are free options available isn't easy, and I like to save money at work.

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Paul M. Victorey
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I am not responsible for any problems that may arise as a result of following my advice. This includes, but is not limited to, computer failure, loss of data, nuclear war, famine, boils, no clean laundry, your daughter running off with a biker gang, or armageddon. Take my advice at your own risk.

[Dave22]

IIS is 100% free. You can download it from Microsoft's web site. It's packaged as "Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack". It comes with IIS, Site Server (for log analysis), and Index Server (for creating search pages).

[vitalstatistix]

perl 5 .. fine but what build .. Current one is 523+ ... active perl is free too. It has plethora of win32 PM for windoze. Only major difference is no sendmail on Nt, but u can use BLAT for that on NT.
never tried it on 9x, but on NT its fine. Never had any problem. Got 4 webservers running it, hosting about 300+ sites!

Do not use the one that comes as part of Windows NT res Kit, that one buggy.

hth

gtfx

[Paul Victorey]

Thanks to both, I didn't pay attention to exactly what version of PERL I'm using, and I wasn't aware IIS was free.

As everything works fine now (all I'm really doing is an intranet CGI custom database for internal inventory tracking) I think I'll stick with what I know works.

Thanks though to all for input!

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Paul M. Victorey
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I am not responsible for any problems that may arise as a result of following my advice. This includes, but is not limited to, computer failure, loss of data, nuclear war, famine, boils, no clean laundry, your daughter running off with a biker gang, or armageddon. Take my advice at your own risk.