Environment Variables Returned by IIS via CGI

Last reviewed: April 22, 1997
Article ID: Q150041

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Information Server version 1.0

SUMMARY

Custom environment variables will not be returned by Internet Information Server (IIS) via a CGI application.

MORE INFORMATION

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:
Keywords : iisconfig kbusage
Version : 1.0
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: April 22, 1997
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