Hey this is my first post here and I have some newbie questions that I hope some can answer !!

First of all:

Can CGI scripts run on an NT server ? If so, how are they set up ? I know some about UNIX but very little about NT. Is ASP to NT like CGI is to UNIX ?

Second:
What is a chroot directory ? Is has something to do with the authority doesn't it....

Lastly:
What are chmod a+x and httpd.conf ?

Thanks for any help you guys can offer !!

Can CGI scripts run on an NT server ?
Yes they can be run on NT.

If so, how are they set up ?
The same way, I think. I dunno much abt NT myself.

Is ASP to NT like CGI is to UNIX ?
Yup, you can say that.

ASP is a server-side scripting language usually used on NT servers. (Recently, a few implementations of it have become available for various Unixes.) You could compare it to PHP, although I prefer PHP for a number of reasons. CGI is a different interface to server-side software, and it's available on both NT and Unix servers.

chroot refers to "locking" the user into a directory at login time. For example, some FTP servers will let you chroot a user into their home directory at login. This way, they can't change up a directory and attempt to snoop around the rest of the system.

The command chmod a+x will set the executable permission on a file for all users. This would be the last step of setting up a CGI script on most providers. (If the provider isn't running your script as your account on the server, that is.)

httpd.conf is the configuration file for the Apache web server. It's where various options are set, and where the configuration for all your virtual domains lives.