Try adding this line before the cgi-bin section in access.conf
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/home/mike1/cgi-bin/"
This URL should then work: http://xxx.uts.edu.au/cgi-bin/test?Y=
Sonam
PS: Apache recommends all settings be in httpd.conf
Michael Lake wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I had it working and now I don't.
> Again I get: "You don't have permission to access
> /home/mikel/cgi-bin/test on this server."
>
> I have my html files in /home/mikel/public_html/
> cgi scripts in /home/mikel/cgi-bin/
> drwxr-xr-x /home/mikel/cgi-bin <- exec set so should be accessable
> -rwxr-xr-x /home/mikel/cgi-bintest <- here is my script, exec is ON
> drwxr-xr-x /home/mikel/public_html <- exec set so its accessable
>
> In access.conf I have:
>
> ### ML May2000: Added this to allow access to my directory
> <Directory /home/mikel/public_html>
> Options All Indexes IncludesNOEXEC
> AllowOverride None
> </Directory>
>
> <Directory /home/mikel/cgi-bin>
> Options ExecCGI
> </Directory>
>
> The above should allow me to exec CGI scripts in /home/mikel/cgi-bin/
> but not exec them in public_html.
>
> My HTML file calls:
> <FORM METHOD=GET ACTION="/home/mikel/cgi-bin/test">
>
> The web page shows fine as http://localhost/~mikel/
>
> When I click the submit button I get the message:
> "You don't have permission to access /home/mikel/cgi-bin/test on this
> server."
>
> Netscape show this in the display so it is trying the right place:
> http://xxx.uts.edu.au/home/mikel/cgi-bin/test?Y=
> (note: localhost changes to my actual machine name and domain when I
> 'submit')
>
> The tail of apache error log does not show any errors.
>
> There is prob something very simple but there are so many directives.
> Mike
>
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