cgi bin access

[bbxrider]

this is apache 2.2.4 on winxp pro, php, perl, mysql, its a development environment

my default install  created c:/apache2/cgi-bin

i've tried a bunch of variations and my current .conf has

DocumentRoot "C:/apache2/htdocs" and

i currently have 5 domains via virtual host.

for cgi directives i have:

ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "C:/apache2/cgi-bin/"

activated the mod_cgi.so

<Directory "C:/apache2/cgi-bin">

    Options FollowSymLinks +ExecCGI -Indexes

    AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl

    AllowOverride None

    Order allow,deny

    allow from all

    Satisfy all

</Directory>

 

the problem is i can't directly access scripts in the cgi-bin, not in the browser (localhost)

or if some script running in one of the domains trys to invoke using a 'windows path' ie, 'c:/apache2/cgi-bin/ubr_upload.pl'

 

if i have a script that is common to, or invoked from multiple domains, how do i configure access to a common cgi-bin directory? this is possible yes?

 

[bbxrider]

with no replies i thought i'd try to restate the issue and see if that brings any response.

what i'm trying to do is have global cgi-bin that multiple virtual host domains can access.

the alternative is to a have cgi-bin for each domain.

at this point i wonder if its possible to have such a configuration?

i've seen suggestions that a global cgi-bin is not as desireable for one for each domain, any opinions on that? my reasoning is that like in all programming if there are common used subroutines, dll's, object code, etc. for maintenance issues it is better to have them in a central repository so any changes don't have to be replicated over and over again.