Add requirement for SYSTEMROOT to FAQ?

[David A. Rogers]

On Thu, 7 Oct 2004, Corinna Vinschen wrote:

> On Oct  7 10:52, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>
> Why is that a requirement anyway?  Why is it necessary to hide
> $SYSTEMROOT?  I don't see a reason for that?
>
> Corinna
>
>
apache strips it out before launching cgi programs.  cgi programs that
need to access a socket can't because they don't have a $SYSTEMROOT
variable.

dar


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