Here is some information CGI in general, special matters regarding the environment at Nada and some pointers to more information. The cgi-bin directory Check your CGI program first Linking to your CGI programs CGI Programs and File Output Resources at Nada Further reading Rules for WWW publication at KTH Publication on the WWW through the servers at Nada must follow the rules and guidelines of KTH and Nada. This is in other words a way to send data to the server. The programs can be written in any language, since it's often pretty small programs and the execution speed of the program isn't very critical most CGI programs are written in a scripted language such as perl. CGI at Nada CGI programs operate somewhat differently at Nada than at other places because of the AFS file system.
Students also have a separate CGI server to refer to.
In order to be able to write your own CGI programs you'll first of all need a cgi-bin directory. For security reasons the area where programs to be executed by the web server is limited and you'll need a directory there. Check your CGI program first Please, please test your program carefully first. Once you try it on the server it will be out of your control, and CGI programs going crazy is one of the most common reasons why our web server are sluggish or not responding. Linking to your CGI programs As a student , your CGI programs will be executed on a separate server, cgi.student.nada.kth.se.