[jetty-discuss] [jira] Commented: (JETTY-259) SystemRoot evnironment not set under CGI

[Matt S. (JIRA) <ji...@co...>]

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Matt Sheppard commented on JETTY-259:
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Now that I think of it, it might also be preferable not to overwrite the value of SystemRoot is if was specifically set in the lines above.

> SystemRoot evnironment not set under CGI
> ----------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: JETTY-259
>                 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/JETTY-259
>             Project: Jetty
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>    Affects Versions: 6.1.2rc1
>         Environment: Windows (Tested on Win2003 Standard Edition)
>            Reporter: Matt Sheppard
>            Assignee: David Yu
>            Priority: Minor
>             Fix For: 6.1.6rc0, 6.1.6rc1, 6.1.6
>
>         Attachments: cgi-windows.patch
>
>
> Currently Jetty's (6.1.2rc1) CGI servlet does not appear to set the SystemRoot variable when running on Windows. This causes some odd problems, including what appear to be DNS errors.
> For example, the following script, when run under the current CGI environement...
> -------------
> #!/C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe
> print `ping -n 1 www.funnelback.com`;
> -------------
> Will produce the message...
> -------------
> Ping request could not find host www.funnelback.com. Please check the name and try again.
> -------------
> Whereas
> -------------
> #!/C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe
> print `set SystemRoot=C:\\WINDOWS&& ping -n 1 www.funnelback.com`;
> -------------
> Will correctly produce ping output...
> -------------
> Pinging funnelback.com [64.72.112.53] with 32 bytes of data:
> Reply from 64.72.112.53: bytes=32 time=216ms TTL=128
> Ping statistics for 64.72.112.53:
>     Packets: Sent = 1, Received = 1, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
> Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
>     Minimum = 216ms, Maximum = 216ms, Average = 216ms
> -------------
> I believe it would be best if the CGI servlet could pass through the SystemRoot environment varibale by default, though in the interim a workaround is to set it via the CGI servlet's init parameters as follows.
> 	<Call name="setInitParameter">
> 		<Arg>ENV_SystemRoot</Arg>
> 		<Arg>C:\WINDOWS</Arg>
> 	</Call>

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