I have installed as a test the ERP on my Laptop (Mandriva 2009) and can access ERP via Mozilla correctly.

Have installed ERP on server (OenSuse11.1) and can connect to ERP via Mozilla

I can access the server from my laptop via LAN and works OK

Problem starts when I install on a second laptop - the perl scripts do not run but I am propmted to download the file (happens in both Mandriva and Win XP)

For the ERP my scripts reside in /var/erp (Directory is owned by wwwrun, group www, with permissions 755

.pl scripts are owned by root, group root, permission 775

In httpd/conf.d I have an erp.conf file which contains the following :

Alias /erp /var/erp/
<Directory /var/erp>
AllowOverride All
AddHandler cgi-script .pl
Options ExecCGI Includes FollowSymlinks
Order Allow,Deny
Allow from All
</Directory>

<Directory /var/erp/users>
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from All
</Directory>

Any help - Why will it work locally on the server, via LAN from my laptop but not for any other client?

could be your perl path (#/usr/local/bin/perl)
a common problem is perl being in /usr/local/bin/perl and the *.pl script looking for /usr/bin/perl

This runs fine from a command prompt, but apache has to be able to find the exact path because it doesn't have full shell permissions.

On the laptop that is having trouble, are the scripts that don't run on the laptop or on the server ?

If the server works, it works.

try running and see if the first line of the scripts on the laptop agree with that.

Try the ScriptAlias option http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod...ml#scriptalias