In instances like these, you can usually find meaningful clues by looking in your error log, but I'd start by checking: AllowOverride FileInfo is set so that Actions are permitted, and that /bin/myscript.cgi is both executable and in a directory that allows CGIs to be run (Options ExecCGI).

The other option you have (if .cgi is mapped to always run as a CGI), you can enable MultiViews with Options MultiViews so that you can access your script with or without it's extension.

    --k.