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I noticed that there are no cgi-bin directories in the clients individual directories. Should I create these directories or do I just set the execute bit on any directory for CGI?

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I noticed that there are no cgi-bin directories in the clients individual directories. Should I create these directories or do I just set the execute bit on any directory for CGI?

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You can place CGI executables in any directory, but you must set the executable bit on that directory using the file manager. Unless there is a compelling reason to do otherwise, publishers should put cgi programs in the site’s “bin” directory, which already has the execute bit set. Do not use a directory named “cgi-bin”. It is a reserved directory name for the common cgi-bin directory. The common cgi-bin directory can be used to place programs that any virtual web site can access (read-only).