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Chapter 24: View Reference
Configure the Target System View
Web Server Settings
When you select the Web Sites explorer in the Internet Information Services view, the following Web
server settings are displayed.
Table 24-33: Web Server Settings
Setting Description
Restart Web Server
After Configuring IIS (IIS
6 and earlier only)
SSIEnableCmdDirective
Registry Value
Note: The aforementioned Web server settings are not updated on a target system at installation run time if no IIS items
(Web site, applications, or virtual directories) are installed.
Web Site Settings
When you select a Web site in the explorer, many settings are displayed. The Web site settings are
organized into several main categories:
• Identification
To restart IIS after each time the installation is done making IIS changes to the system,
select Yes. Some applications may require IIS to be restarted.
This setting applies to IIS 6 and earlier. IIS 7 ignores this setting.
Specify how you want the SSIEnableCmdDirective registry value for the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W3SVC\Parameters registry
key to be set on the target system. The SSIEnableCmdDirective registry value controls
whether the Web server allows the #exec CMD directive of server-side includes (SSIs) to
be used to execute shell commands. Valid options are:
• Ignore—Do not change the SSIEnableCmdDirective registry value on the target
system. This is the default option.
• FALSE (0)—Set the SSIEnableCmdDirective registry value on the target system to 0.
This prevents the #exec CMD directive of server-side includes to be used to execute
shell commands. Note that if you select this value and an IIS Web server has
applications that rely on #exec CMD directives, those applications may stop working
properly after your installation project's Web site and virtual directory are installed.
• TRUE (1)—Set the SSIEnableCmdDirective registry value on the target system to 1.
This allows the #exec CMD directive of server-side includes to be used to execute
shell commands.
If you select the FALSE or TRUE options, InstallShield stores the value—either 0 for FALSE
or 1 for TRUE—in the INSTALLSHIELD_SSI_PROP property.
Because of security concerns, the default SSIEnableCmdDirective registry value is FALSE
(0); the FALSE (0) value prevents end users from running unauthorized server-side
executable files.
Note: If your product is uninstalled from a target system, the SSIEnableCmdDirective
registry value is not changed, even if its value was changed during installation.
For more information, see Specifying Whether a Web Server Should Allow the CMD
Command to Be Used for SSI #exec Directives.
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