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When I press the 'submit' button on a web page which points to a cgi script in the cgi-bin directory, I get the following error message in the error logs : 

[25/Jul/2000:09:19:36] config: for host 172.16.71.40 trying
to POST /export/wwwort/ns-home/docs/techs/cgi-bin/bulk.cgi,
handle-processed reports: no way to service request for 
/export/wwwiwv/ns-home/docs/techsupport/cgi-bin/bulk.cgi

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What does it mean ?

How can I make the cgi-bin script work by clicking the submit button on this web page ?

Has it got anything to do with the 'cgi-bin' directory not having been given permission by the system administrator to execute cgi scripts ?

How can this be checked and corrected?

Any suggestions are welcome.

In reply to Please help me interpret these Error logs. by Russ

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