When I run cgi scripts that want to access local drives on my computer, the scripts fail because the computer is not allowing me to access the local drives.

First off let's set the record straight: this is Perl Monks not Apache Monks and this question has not a wit anything to do with Perl, it is an Apache configuration/system administration issue.

Now that I've asserted that.....

When you say my computer what is the environment you are running on? By that I'm asking:

• OS
• Userid Apache is running on
• What persmissions the file systems (drives) in question have

I can pretty much guess that you are running on some flavor of Evil Empire® OS given your choice of wording, but I don't like to assume things.

And what do you mean by access them? Are you trying to mount them, format them, spin them, burn them, eject them or just what?

Apache Servers should not have a problem with accessing files that reside on the same machine as the server.

Thanks for responding. The cgi script runs fine until I ask it to go to a certain directory on my hard drive. For instance C:/Test The program gets hung up and the error messages I receive varies from premature end of script headers to unable to open document. Basically, the cgi script is supposed to go to a directory on my hard drive, open up a microsoft word file, amend the file and then save as another file. The program works fine when I bypass the cgi part and use predefined variables. Thanks