See for the &fml8; CGI internals. Build apache enabled with suexec. Run configure by (apache 1.x) configure --enable-suexec --suexec-caller=www In this case, the user "www" can call suexec. Please prepare a user specific for suexec-ed environment. After apache installation, change httpd.conf to allow ~user/cgi-bin/ form. Example: <Directory /home/*/*/public_html> AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit Options MultiViews Indexes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch IncludesNoExec ExecCGI <Limit GET POST OPTIONS PROPFIND> Order allow,deny Allow from SPECIFIC_HOST </Limit> </Directory> <IfModule mod_mime.c> ... snip ... AddHandler cgi-script .cgi ... snip ... </IfModule>