Window NT: need to allow client to make system call via CGI script

[Emile van Sebille]

There's lots of ways of doing it.  Why don't you explain a bit what you're
after?

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Emile van Sebille
emile at fenx.com

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"Terry Byrne" <TerryByrne1963 at yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:93d52e82.0108280835.1933ba58 at posting.google.com...
> All,
>
> I need to allow clients to run a DOS batch file from an HTML form that
> resides on a Windows NT server. Using system(commandline) I always get
> an OSError.
>
> Right now we're using pcAnywhere to log on to the server and run the
> batch file that way. I want to make it simpler by using the HTML form.
>
> The batch file will always be in the same location on the server. I
> want to avoid all drive mapping complications by just running the
> batch file from an HTML form. Is there a way to do that, or is it
> disallowed for security reasons or some other?
>
> Thanks!