DOCUMENT:Q150041  20-FEB-2002  [iis]
TITLE   :Environment Variables Returned by IIS via CGI
PRODUCT :Internet Information Server
PROD/VER::1.0
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:kbusage

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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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