Solved! I had created symlinks for cgi-bin/eruby and cgi-bin/ruby, after removing those and copying the files instead, it works! Thanks! JJ -- Be Kind, Be Careful, Be Yourself -- Solid, reliable software at reasonable prices http://www.johnjohnsonsoftware.com "Bryan Zarnett" <bryan_zarnett / yahoo.ca> wrote in message news:20010430000254.72644.qmail / web9602.mail.yahoo.com... > The .rhtml probably has access permission for owner > and group only and not "other". Try setting the > permissions for "other" for the file. > > B. > > --- J J <jj5412 / earthlink.net> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > While trying out the pickaxe embedded Ruby example > > around pg. 151, I added > > the requisite lines to httpd.conf. The best I can > > get out of Apache is: > > > > I go to http://192.168.0.67/embruby.rhtml and the > > server replies: > > > > Forbidden > > > > You don't have permission to access > > /cgi-bin/eruby/embruby.rhtml on this > > server. > > > > embruby.rhtml is in /home/httpd/html > > eruby is in /home/httpd/cgi-bin > > ruby is also in /home/httpd/cgi-bin > > > > Opening a file like: > > http://192.168.0.67/cgi-bin/rubyform.rb works fine. > > Running eruby on embruby.rhtml from the command line > > looks like it works > > fine (lines have line numbers). > > > > I'm at a loss, does anyone have any ideas? > > > > Thanks, > > JJ > > > > -- > > Be Kind, Be Careful, Be Yourself > > -- > > Solid, reliable software at reasonable prices > > http://www.johnjohnsonsoftware.com > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.ca address at http://mail.yahoo.ca >