On Tuesday 03 July 2001 19:42, RL Autry wrote: > Hello everyone: > > We are new to this list, per, and a few other perl lists. > Beginners of beginners you might say, but everyone needs a laugh every once > in a while :0) > > Anyway can someone please tell us why we might be getting the error shown > at this url. > > We moved some scripts from a UNIX machine to a Windows2000 Server based > machine. > Many of the scripts say they "require uid", but our Server Admin doesn't > know what a uid is. > > http://www.cyberdzyns.com/cgi-bin/websearch.cgi > > > Thanks, > RL Unix uses the concept of users and groups , a uid is an users ID , many scripts and programs use these concepts to restrict access to a program or script. that is only certian users or groups idenified by a certain number may access or run a program. Un fortunaly Windows does not have an equilvant function. You may wind up having to search trouugh the scripts and remove them and use some other means of restricting access , like file placement in the directory tree. Greg
