Here is something I have tried on my own. # su - nagios $ export REQUEST_METHOD=GET $ export REMOTE_USER=rblair $ export QUERY_STRING="?hostgroup=all&style=summary" $ /usr/local/nagios/lib/cgi/status.cgi > /tmp/output.html This produces the proper html code that I can load into a browser. I then changed apache to allow logins and did the same steps up above as 'su - apache'. The cgi generated the error! I do not understand this however since I have made all ownership nagios:apache and even added apache to nagios group. Does this make sense to anyone? Rick Blair Network Engineer USFW 303.202.2687 <table width=100%> <tr valign=top> <td> <td>jeff vier <jeff.vier@tradingtechnologies.com> Sent by: nagios-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net 09/16/2003 12:06 PM <td> To: nagios-users <nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net> cc: Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] CGI permissions make me mad!</table> While not ideal, have you tried opening up permissions on things? a `chmod -R 777 /path/to/cgis /path/to/nagios` isn't something you'd want to leave live, but it'll at least "fix" the problem enough to let you know if it's a file permissions problem