.htaccess and running scripts

[hermes1]

I have in my .htaccess file the standard lines


AddHandler cgi-script .pl .cgi
Options +ExecCGI


But our site gets more and more popular and i was wondering if there is a way to basically allow cgi scripts to run anywhere without this in .htaccess to free up some overhead. Is this possible in apache by changing a conf file or something else.

 

[siberian]

Sure, just use a location directive

<Location />
        Options ExecCGI
</Location>

That allows cgi to run anywhere, just put the addhandler in the global configuration file up top with the other addhandler commands.

 

[hermes1]

Great do i put that in httpd.conf? Thank You

 

[siberian]

You put the location directive in your virtual host(or httpd.conf if your using the default vhost).