htaccess and cgi

[stef]

I use htaccess successfully on several servers to protect various html directories, but recently realised I need to restrict access to certain cgi programs.<br><br>I expected simply placing a copy of my standard .htaccess file in the cgi directory would be a good starting point, since it has absolute paths to the user and group files, but it is just ignored.<br><br>I've restarted the server. The .htaccess file uses the LIMIT GET directive, which in my book says restrict to file reads and program executes.<br><br>I've even tried putting the restrictions in the httpd.conf file but again no dice.<br><br>Any ideas anyone?!!<br><br>