On Sunday, December 02, 2001 1:37 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Second how can I set up Apache to allow use > of this this script & the data files for it? Debian puts cgi programs into /usr/lib/cgi-bin. Whatever goes in there becomes part of the server namespace as /cgi-bin/pick_cgi (if pick_cgi is the name of your program) and will be executed as a CGI program rather than served as a file when it is requested. Rather than use the Debian directory, however, you might consider a local directory for your own programs. So make a place for your programs, such as /usr/local/lib/cgi-bin, and modify the Apache srm.conf file to add the new directory as a ScriptAlias. There are also options to make CGI available to user URLs (~user) if that is more appropriate to your setup. In any case, read the Apache docs. A badly designed/configured executable in in a public place can burn your house down. -=greg