I was able to have someone send me the actual log entry. Her it is. [Thu Apr 20 12:57:12 2006] [error] [client 214.4.227.224] file permissions deny server execution: /opt/cognos/c8/cgi-bin/cognos.cgi Thanks -----Original Message----- From: jslive@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:jslive@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joshua Slive Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:36 PM To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [users@httpd] ScriptAlias file permissions deny execution On 4/19/06, DeVelvis, Ralph (US SSA) <ralph.develvis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > It says file permissions deny execution. No, that's not an exact quote. When you paraphrase error messages, you make things much more difficult. > > I haven't done: > > su - nobody > cd /full/path/to/cgi-bin > ./cgi-script > > I did do this: > > su - nobody -c /full/path/to/cgi-bin/cgi-script > > and the script runs. If I guessed correctly about what your *real* error message is, then the following is the code that is failing. This implies either the userid running apache isn't what you think it is, or the permissions are not correct. API_EXPORT(int) ap_can_exec(const struct stat *finfo) { #ifdef MULTIPLE_GROUPS int cnt; #endif #if defined(OS2) || defined(WIN32) || defined(NETWARE) /* OS/2 dosen't have Users and Groups */ return 1; #else if (ap_user_id == finfo->st_uid) if (finfo->st_mode & S_IXUSR) return 1; if (ap_group_id == finfo->st_gid) if (finfo->st_mode & S_IXGRP) return 1; #ifdef MULTIPLE_GROUPS for (cnt = 0; cnt < NGROUPS_MAX; cnt++) { if (group_id_list[cnt] == finfo->st_gid) if (finfo->st_mode & S_IXGRP) return 1; } #endif return ((finfo->st_mode & S_IXOTH) != 0); #endif } --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx