i added the execcgi ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/usr/share/marcel/cgi-bin/" RewriteEngine on RewriteRule /admin/(.*) /cgi-bin/marcel/$1 [L,R] Options ExecCGI # # "/var/www/cgi-bin" should be changed to whatever your ScriptAliased # CGI directory exists, if you have that configured. # AllowOverride None Options None Order allow,deny Allow from all when i look the log while reaching the page i now get [Thu Mar 06 16:07:56 2008] [error] [client 69.70.33.26] Options FollowSymLinks or SymLinksIfOwnerMatch is off which implies that RewriteRule directive is forbidden: /usr/share/marcel/htdocs/admin, referer: