Configuring Apache server to run cgi scripts

[killinggameshow]

I'm just setting up my machine to do some local script development, but for some reason I can't get the server to function properly. I'm running apache http server 2.0, and have looked over everything i can think of in the httpd.conf file. The scriptalias is correct, and I have Options ExecCGI set in the directory string for the cgi folder. Anything else i'm missing? When I try to open the script from

http://127.0.0.1/cgi-bin

it gives me an "internal server error" and if I check the log it says "access denied - could not create child process". What do I do next?

 

[Newposter]

What OS are you running? If unix/linux, what are the directory permissions set at?

Did you set the AddHandler command in your httpd.conf file? Newposter
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[killinggameshow]

I have the addhandler in place, i'm running windows XP. If i try going to just 127.0.0.1/cgi-bin/ i just get a big &quot;FORBIDDEN&quot; message. I even commented out all of the scriptalias and <directory> stuff with respect to the cgi-bin directory, and got to where I atleast could get a listing of the directory, but I couldn't run any programs, even with the addhandler still active. I'm way confused.

 

[yeethian]

I have exactly the same problem.
latest Apache HTTP server running under windows XP.
Tried to execute the default &quot;printenv.pl&quot;
(&quot;

http://localhost:80/cgi-bin/printenv.pl&quot;)

but the page shown:
&quot;Not Found
The requested URL /cgi-bin/printenv.pl was not found on this server.&quot;

Any luck on your side?