cgi help pls

[XtremeMaC]

Hi there

i'm trying to put a simple cgi script on to my webserver.

I've modified the attributes of the cgi's to 755.

now normally it should be working right?

in this case this should be working

http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/a/z/azh1...gi-bin/load.cgi

right?

but i'm getting 403 forbidden errors even when i give full permission??

when i change the file extension from cgi to txt or something i can access it.

what's wrong here???

i just want to put a simple download counter!

in this case this is supposed to work

http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/a/z/azh1...eMaC/winAMP.msi

i change the folder permissions but they get reverted back to its original **** value!

Thanks

[gamehead200]

Did you setup the .htaccess file correctly?

[XtremeMaC]

aa no

what kind of changes should i be putting?

[gamehead200]

Do a search on Google for CGI .htaccess permissions. That should save you the trouble.

[XtremeMaC]

too confusing

can anyone tell me exactly what to add to htaccess?

i'm trying a few things over here but keep getting the same error

i only have this in htaccess

AddType text/x-server-parsed-html .html

AddType cgi-script cgi

my files are under users/a/z/azh113/MSFN/XtremeMaC

cgi dir

users/a/z/azh113/MSFN/XtremeMaC/cgi-bin/

Edited April 3, 2004 by XtremeMaC

[gamehead200]

AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
Options ExecCGI

[XtremeMaC]

i added that and got this

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@psu.edu and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

[gamehead200]

i added that and got this

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@psu.edu and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

Try getting rid of the other stuff... Just put in the stuff I posted!

[XtremeMaC]

i did here's how it looks like

AddHandler cgi-script .cgi

Options ExecCGI

that's it i've nothing else in there

same error

[zivan56]

Are you sure the user the webserver runs on has permission to execute the file at the beginning of the cgi script?

[XtremeMaC]

i'm not sure but i've seen cgi scripts launched from the same domain