[thelist] ASP troubles - IIS or me?

William Anderson neuro at well.com
Thu Jan 18 10:47:31 CST 2001


----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel McMurray" <mcmurd at ccaa.edu>
To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 2:23 PM
Subject: RE: [thelist] ASP troubles - IIS or me?


> [snippage]
>
> I had also checked on this.  Actually, after a long time of playing, hair
> pulling, and making my neighbors wish they had a priest handy, I realized
> that the "Execute Permissions" box was set on None.  [...]

it is, and it's ostensibly a security feature, so that you don't unwittingly
enable features which could allow server-side execution of processes ...

> One would think that, for technology decidedly Microsoft (both ASP and
> IIS), they would make the default be something that can read ASP without
> difficulty.  But then again, one would also think that they would make
> software that was compatible with itself between versions......

both common fallacies :)

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