Apache on XP, forbidden CGI scripts 403

[MrPhreaker]

Hi all

I have installed Apache on my XP pro system and all was working fine until this weekend when I did something late at night to cause cgi scripts to stop working.

As far as I can remember all I was making amendments to was the http.conf file and adding files and directories under the cgi-bin directory of my machine.

The problem I have is that now I cannot execute ANY scripts.

As you know, windows does not do CHMOD commands so I have gone into the security tab for cgi-bin directory properties and I have given all permissions to the EVERYONE group including execute.

I have also got an alias in the http.conf file of:

Alias /cgi-bin/ "C:/Apache/cgi-bin/"

And a script alias:

ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "C:/Apache/cgi-bin/"

And :

<Directory "C:/Apache/cgi-bin">
AllowOverride None
Options None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>


I am stuck as to what has caused this error ? Is it the permissions I need to look at ? As far as I know this is correct but I need clarification from someone who knows.


Any other suggestions most welcome.



Greg

 

[RhythmAce]

You don't need the Alias directive since that's one of the jobs of ScriptAlias. I don't see any problems with how you have cgi-bin configured in httpd.conf. Are you using mod_perl or do you have perl installed? What kind of "amendments" did you make to httpd.conf?

 

[MrPhreaker]

Just to let you know I have this working again.

Just for the sake of archiving the resolution, I did the following :

Granted all groups the correct permissions.

Removed a typo from httpd.conf (doh !)

Rebooted apache.


Thanks for the help.