These two URLs go to the same CGI script. The first one gives me a Forbidden error. The second one (preview URL) works fine. If any settings are wrong, then why not both URLs fail? Does anyone know what's going on?

Web server: Apache
Web server software: Ensim
Options +ExecCGI in /home/virtual/.htaccess
File path: /home/virtual/admin3/var/www/html/webdir.cgi
Permissions for webdir.cgi: 755

http://www.beetown.com/webdir.cgi (Forbidden)

http://216.40.227.216/~admin3/webdir.cgi (Works)

Take a look into apache error_log

probably using some sort of CGI wrapper which requires them to be run as the owner of the file

really nothing unusual about this..

Hi!
Both seem to be working..
Could you let us know what the problem was.
I guess it was something to do with suexec...

Have a great day :)

regards
amar

if this is ensim then the cgi-bin directory(or its contents) can't be group writeable, just figured that out today.