"#exec cgi" command is ignored from html; same script runs as a "form post" command

Question

Apache configuration files all appear correct; I've added the ExecCGI to the RootDirectory, although this file resides in the ScriptAlias directory so that shouldn't even be necessary. I put a .htaccess file out there which is also probably not necessary.

This is a simple counter.cgi file - runs fine from the linux command line; runs fine called as a "method post" from an html file. When I call it using "!exec cgi" it's as if it never happened - it's completely ignored. There are no errors in any log files - the file is not executed.

Answer 1

I figured this out - my SSI configuration wouldn't process .html files. Changed the httpd.conf file so that SSI includes were processed from .html files. :)