unable to use /cgi-bin in URI

[chongo]

The URL:

http://www.isthe.com/cgi-bin/number.cgi

returns a 404 error and generates this error message in /var/log/custweb/error.log:

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[Sun Feb  9 HH:MM:SS 2014] [error] [client A.B.C.D] script not found or unable to stat: /nfs/www/httpd/cgi-bin/number.cgi
[Sun Feb  9 HH:MM:SS 2014] [error] [client A.B.C.D] File does not exist: /opt/apache/conf/IP/134/209.204.149.134/errors/404.shtml

On the other hand, the URL:

http://www.isthe.com/cgibin/number.cgi

works just fine.

Under my document root, /home/WWW_pages/chongo, I have my CGI file:

• /home/WWW_pages/chongo/cgi-bin/number.cgi

For this test, I made the following symlink:

• /home/WWW_pages/chongo/cgibin -> cgi-bin

which is why the http://www.isthe.com/cgibin/number.cgi link works.

I have a significant legacy of links depending on URIs such as http://www.isthe.com/cgi-bin/number.cgi. I.e., paths starting with /cgi-bin.

How can I use URIs such as http://www.isthe.com/cgi-bin/number.cgi?

[cdkeen]

The directory /cgi-bin is rewritten on the server level to the directory specified here:
https://members.sonic.net/account/server_dirs/index.php
as cgi-bin

I copied all contents of your cgi-bin folder in your web root to that directory:
http://www.isthe.com/cgi-bin/chongo/number.cgi

I apologize if this configuration conflicts with the structure of your site. You can use a folder in your web root to store and access your scripts but it cannot be named cgi-bin.

[chongo]

Thanks for the clarification.