On Monday 10 January 2005 11:34, nodata wrote: > > nodata wrote: > > From: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/core.html#user > > > > "Special note: Use of this directive in <VirtualHost> requires a properly > > configured suEXEC wrapper. When used inside a <VirtualHost> in this > > manner, > > only the user that CGIs are run as is affected. Non-CGI requests are > > still processed with the user specified in the main User directive."
> > Ah this would explain things more - but then shouldn't running > http://website/cgi-bin/test.pl work? I get the same search permissions > error.. Why of course. The server doesn't 'know' anything about that file (or that it even exists) until it can 'stat' it. And now it _cannot_ stat it ;-) It sound like a chicken and egg problem to me. Maarten
