You have to put in your srm.conf: AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
And, in your access.conf (in the directory where you'll put your cgi's): Options ExecCGI ... -------------------------------------------------------------------- On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Johann Spies wrote: > I have succeeded in setting up apache on my single computer and get > netscape and lynx to communicate with it. > > My next problem is that I do not know how to configure apache to allow > me as user to execute .cgi-scripts from the server. > > When I try it I get the following error message: > > Forbidden > > You don't have permission to access /cgi-bin/sql-ledger/admin.cgi > on > this server. > > I want to try out php3 which I have never used before. I get a > similar message when I try to access > http://localhost/usr/doc/php3/html. > > My /etc/apache/access.conf contains > > ------------------------ > <Directory /var/www> > Options All > AllowOverride None > order allow,deny > allow from all > </Directory> > <Directory /usr/lib/cgi-bin> > AllowOverride None > Options All > </Directory> > > <Directory /usr/doc> > Options All > AllowOverride None > order deny,allow > deny from all > allow from localhost > </Directory> > > <DirectoryMatch ^/home/.*/public_html> > Options Indexes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch > AllowOverride None > </DirectoryMatch> > > <Files .htaccess> > order allow,deny > deny from all > </Files> > --------------------------- > And permissions on /var/www looks like this: > > drwxrwxr-x 5 root www-data 1024 Aug 8 21:52 www/ > > I work as user jhspies and I have added jhspies to group www-data. > > What else can I do rectify the situation? > > Johann > > > --
