Re: user cgi

["Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@storm.ca>]

On Sat, Oct 21, 2000 at 01:20:37PM -0400, Jack wrote:
> 
> I'd like to grant cgi privilege for users.  Done this:

    I assume that this is an Apache question. 

> change this in /etc/apache/access.conf
>   # AllowOverride None
>   AllowOverride Options
> 
> has this in /home/$user/public_html/cgi-bin/.htaccess
>   Options +ExecCGI
> 
> However it does not work.  Sure, CGI works in /usr/lib/cgi-bin,  even
> symbolic links (linking to user's cgi-bin/scripts).   Tried <Directory>,
> no luck either.
> 
> Any hints?

    This works for me.

<DirectoryMatch ^/home/.*/public_html/cgi-bin>
Options ExecCGI
AllowOverride None
</DirectoryMatch>

    Mike

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