Access right on files from CGI script

[bo]

Hello gurus, I am notivice on Apache configuration. I wrote a CGI program, which will display some system status on the client PC's browser window. This CGI program will execute a couple of system command under /sbin with reading some system status from /proc. I have no problem to access or execute any file or binary under /www/cgi-bin but I have an access problem to other system directories like /sbin or /proc. I followed the apache configuration document and I modified <directory> and created .htaccess file under /sbin but it did not help.   How do I allow  those files accessible from the CGI script? Please help me out. Thanks in advance, Bo