* David Christensen <dpchrist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [110302 15:01]: > On 03/02/2011 03:22 PM, Tim Johnson wrote: > >I'm attempting to use .htaccess to make an executable python script > >as the default page for a directory. > > I recently wanted to have *all* hits for a particular subtree to go > to a Perl CGI script on Debian 6.0.0 and Apache 2.2 via .htaccess. > The key was realizing that I could catch index hits via > DirectoryIndex and "not found" hits via ErrorDocument 404. > > > I ended up with two files in my DocumentRoot: > > .htaccess > handler.pl > > > Here is .htaccess: > > $ cat .htaccess > Options +ExecCGI > AddHandler cgi-script pl > DirectoryIndex handler.pl > ErrorDocument 404 /errordocument/handler.pl Hi David: Using your example I changed my .htaccess so that it has the following (only): ## Options +ExecCGI AddHandler cgi-script py DirectoryIndex index.py ## .htaccess is chmod 644 Same results as before.. thanks for the reply obviously still something wrong on my end. -- Tim tim at johnsons-web.com or akwebsoft.com http://www.akwebsoft.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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