Hi,

I've setup TWiki in my webserver, however when I wnat to access my htdocs/twiki/bin/configure.pl file:

In the webbrowser I go like:
http://localhost/twiki/bin/configure.pl

the web server replies:

Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /twiki/bin/configure.pl on this server.

Apache/1.3.33 Server at darkstar.example.net Port 80

I'm logged in as root, and still I dont have access to the file??

Make sure that the script is executable and that you have "Options +ExecCGI" for the /twiki/bin/ directory

yup I have that these are my settings for the folder:
<Directory "/var/www/htdocs/twiki/bin">
Options +ExecCGI FollowSymLinks
SetHandler cgi-script
Order Allow,Deny
Allow from all
Deny from env=anonymous_spider
</Directory>

It looks OK. Perhaps you have to change the SetHandler line, to:
Also take a look at the error_log to see if you find out why you're denied access.

The error_log says this:
[Thu May 11 11:18:14 2006] [error] [client 58.65.128.217] (13)Permission denied: file permissions deny server access: /usr/local/apache/htdocs/TWiki/pub/TWiki/TWikiLogos/T-logo-140x40-t.gif
[Thu May 11 11:18:15 2006] [error] [client 58.65.128.217] (13)Permission denied: file permissions deny server access: /usr/local/apache/htdocs/TWiki/pub/TWiki/TWikiDocGraphics/help.gif
[Thu May 11 11:18:15 2006] [error] [client 58.65.128.217] (13)Permission denied: file permissions deny server access: /usr/local/apache/htdocs/TWiki/pub/TWiki/TWikiDocGraphics/warning.gif
[Thu May 11 11:18:15 2006] [error] [client 58.65.128.217] (13)Permission denied: file permissions deny server access: /usr/local/apache/htdocs/TWiki/pub/TWiki/TWikiDocGraphics/help.gif
[Thu May 11 11:18:16 2006] [error] [client 58.65.128.217] (13)Permission denied: file permissions deny server access: /usr/local/apache/htdocs/TWiki/pub/TWiki/TWikiDocGraphics/tip.gif
[Thu May 11 11:18:18 2006] [error] [client 58.65.128.217] (13)Permission denied: file permissions deny server access: /usr/local/apache/htdocs/TWiki/pub/TWiki/TWikiDocGraphics/tip.gif

And from the httpd.conf file, the settings for TWiki/pub folder are:

<Directory "/usr/local/apache/htdocs/TWiki/pub">
Options FollowSymLinks +Includes
AllowOverride None
Allow from all
</Directory>

Ok it seems that
when I point my browser to
Twiki/bin/configure, permission is denied and it says:
in the error_log

[Thu May 11 12:01:52 2006] [error] [client 58.65.128.217] Options ExecCGI is off in this directory: /usr/local/apache/htdocs/TWiki/bin/configure

although according to httpd.conf I have allowed it

in some of my posts you might have noticed I use the path

"/var/www/htdocs/twiki/" and in some "/usr/local/apache/htdocs/TWiki"
Their are actually two installations with identical problems

From the logs it's /usr/local/apache/htdocs/TWiki/pub the directory where you should put the: "Opttions +ExecCGI" which according to your last post is not set

but the pub directory doesnt contain any scripts, its the bin directory which contains the scripts,

anyone?? the problem still has not been solved

Put:
inside the <Directory "/var/www/htdocs/twiki/bin">..</Directory>