CGI and the Web Server

[Bill Wood]

~sdpm~
No, I was wondering if it is possible to have cgi request directed at a
machine that is not a web server but its soul purpose is to execute the
requested cgi script and send the response back to the requester.

At 02:32 PM 1/29/2001, Bobby Kleemann wrote:
>~sdpm~
>So you have webserver A which normaly processes the request, but in
>certain circumstances you'd like webserver B to handle the request?  For
>that to happen webserver A must either issue a redirect or call webserver
>B itself (with something like LWP).  
>
> _ _ _
> Bobby Kleemann <rkleeman at neta.com>
> http://www.neta.com/~rkleeman/
>
>On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Bill Wood wrote:
>
>> ~sdpm~
>> Is it possible to have requests for CGI scripts to be executed on a machine
>> other than the web server that received the request? Has anyone had any
>> experience with this environment or could you point me at something that
>> documents how it is done.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Bill Wood
>> University of California at San Diego
>> Administrative Computing and Telecommunications - 0929
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