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

Also, output from logs would be nice to look at. You are asking us to take a guess in the dark as to what is going on without any facts.

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?