CGI execute permissions

From: Britt Tabor (Tabor_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/30/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 06:21:03 -0700

I have a perl script that needs to query the registry (reg.exe QUERY) and return the value to the webpage. The script runs fine from the command line but when run from the webpage it tells me access denied. I do a lot of linux bash stuff and there is a sudo command and I know windows has a runas but it requires you to type in a password which can't be done from web. So how do I give the perl script permission to READ only, the registry?