"Option -Indexes" works but disables CGI?

How to set it up in HTACCESS?

[craig1972]

I would like to disable the directory listings on my site. So I included this in my .htaccess file in the public_html folder:

Options -Indexes Followsymlinks

This works, the directory now doesn't get listed (shows 403) but now the files in /public_html/cgi-bin will not execute! I added "ExecCGI" to the above line, but still the same, it keeps showing 403 even when I specify the exact CGI in the path.

So, my htaccess currently is:

Options -Indexes Followsymlinks ExecCGI

And the path I am trying to access is:

http://MYDOMAIN.com/cgi-bin/x.cgi

If I remove that Options line from my htaccess, this cgi file works. I have tried CHMODing the cgi-bin and the file differently, I then created a new htaccess inside the cgi-bin and allowed Options Indexes in there, but no go, still 403.

What am I to do?

[jdMorgan]

Read very carefully the syntax of Options [httpd.apache.org].

You will discover that you have disabled all options except for FollowSymLinks in your first example by omitting the "+" or "-" signs on several arguments... :)

Options without "+" or "-" replace all other options settings, rather than adding or subtracting one or more settings from the current set.

Jim

[craig1972]

Thanks. I read through the manual, but it does a lousy job of explaining anything. Now I have this:

Options +FollowSymLinks -Indexes +ExecCGI

But nothing's changed. CGI files are still giving 403.

[jdMorgan]

What does your server error log say?
Are your file permissions set properly to allow world read and execute of the script and script directory?

Jim

[craig1972]

Well the CGI file is CHMODed to 755. Is this not enough to execute?

[jdMorgan]

What does your server error log say?