Hello,

Currently I am generating some webpages via a script I run off a Linux server. Unfortunately, the host limits the amount of processing the scripts can do, to conserve their resources. Rather than find another host, I was hoping to either install some sort of Linux program on an old PC or install some sort of Linux program that runs under Windows.

The script will run under:

SuSE LINUX with Apache
Red Hat Linux with Apache
BSDI Unix with Apache

Does anyone have a suggestion as to which option would be easiest for me? I have limited knowledge of Linux so I am not too anxious to tackle a new OS from scratch. Does a program exist that will emulate the systems above on a Windows box? Not sure if it helps but the script will not run under WIN/IIS.

Thanks a lot for your help folks!

Hi, and welcome to LQ!

Depends on the scripting language, I suppose. You can
run apache on wondows, though.


Cheers,
Tink

Thanks for the quick response!!

I installed Apache and am now playing around with it. I am going to look around this site for some answers but if you could point me in the direction of how to CHMOD the cgi files, that would be great! I am use to using CuteFTP so I guess I will have to learn the commands to do it manually.

On another note, the program is written in Perl.

Thanks again.

Changing file permissions on Windows is completely different than on a *nix system so chmod is effectively a no do.

You might look into running Apache under Cygwin which then allows you to use *nix commands without mucking up your Windows Installation. Perl is well catered for.

See here - Apache on Cygwin for more info.
Please heed the warnings on security if your releasing your site into the wild!

Thanks Prj, I will give that a try.

lol, I will be using this locally so I will avoid all of the security risks....I have enough security problems using Windows on a daily basis....I don't need any more