I've tried it both with and without the '+'. they both result in the same error (403 forbidden). i check my permissions again and as far as i can tell all parent directories are at least o+rx.
for some reason i can't understand apache is ignoring the Directory directives i use in the conf file... =( thanks for your suggestion. herbert On Tue, Nov 21, 2000 at 04:57:03PM -0600, Chris Feist wrote: > > <SNIP> > > 1) i've added the handler and options directives to my srm.conf: > > > > AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl > > <Directory "/"> > > Options +All +ExecCGI > > </Directory> > > > > i know +All and +ExecCGI are redudant and this is not secure, but > > i'm desperate. =) > > > > You shouldn't have a "+" in front of All and ExecCGI. I'm not sure if > you're just doing it for empahsis, but that could be your problem. > > Make sure your permissions are at least 755. > > > 2) i tried pointing the directory to the exact directory where i'm > > executing the script (i.e. "/" -> "/home/herb/public_html/init", my > > script resides in init/) to no avail. > > > > 3) i tried replacing the <Directory> directive w/ > > > > ScriptAlias ~herb/public_html/init /home/herb/public_html/init > > > > again, no effect. > > > > 4) installing the 'apache' package instead of 'apache-perl'. it makes > > me download the script. > > > > > > permissions look correct. all parents of the script directory are at > > least o+rx. i am able to execute scripts ok in /usr/lib/cgi-bin/ > > (ScriptAlias'ed to cgi-bin/), but not elsewhere. > > > > HELP? any is appreicated... > > > > > > herbert > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
