jarod writes: > On Wednesday 15 April 2009 17:41:10 dan moylan wrote: > > > > ben writes: > > > On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 04:30:10PM -0400, dan moylan wrote: > > > > it shows this: > > > > [Wed Apr 15 16:22:35 2009] [error] [client 127.0.1.1] > > > > Options ExecCGI is off in this directory: > > > > /var/www/moy/cgi-bin/welcome.cgi > > > > > > > > looks useful, but i don't know how to turn it on. > > > > > Add a bit like this: > > > > > > > > Options ExecCGI > > > AllowOverride None > > > Order allow,deny > > > Allow from all > > > > > > > > did that. now i just get the contents of welcome.cgi (the > > code) displayed in the browser window. > > Just above it, add: > > ScriptAlias /moy/cgi-bin/ "/var/www/moy/cgi-bin/" that did the trick. thanks. dan j. daniel moylan 84 harvard ave brookline, ma 02446-6202 617-232-2360 (tel) 810-454-1823 (fax) jdm-LPA1KyJyIuz1P9xLtpHBDw@public.gmane.org www.moylan.us [death to html bloat!]