Re: apache-newby: permissions?
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 ...
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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
>
>
>
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