Hi, I am tring to set up apache cgi on osx and if I use ruby script/server, the application works ok. If I use apache cgi, I can see the index.html page Once I remove the page, I get the following error You don''t have permission to access / on this serve this is my apache set up. I am use mysql 5.0. <VirtualHost *:80> ServerName babyspace DocumentRoot /Users/chongqing/rails/babyspace/public ErrorLog /Users/chongqing/rails/babyspace/log/apache.log <Directory //Users/chongqing/rails/babyspace/public/> Options ExecCGI FollowSymLinks AllowOverride all Allow from all Order allow,deny </Directory> </VirtualHost> thanks chong