apache: problem viewing PNGs

[Paul Howarth]

Timothy Murphy wrote:
> I'm running apache on my desktop,
> and viewing web-files on the desktop from my laptop.
> 
> I'm running a program which writes PNG files in /var/www/cgi-bin/
> and then writes an html file (also in cgi-bin)
> which includes these PNG files.
> [The application is actually iptraf ; but I think that is irrelevant.]
> 
> I can see the html file OK, but the PNG insets are replaced by
> small triangles, which do not expand if I click on them.
> 
> When I move the PNG files to /var/www/html/ (my ServerRoot)
> I can see them perfectly well.
> 
> I don't see a setting in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf (or elsewhere)
> which will allow me to see graphics in the cgi-bin directory.
> 
> Any and all suggestions gratefully received;
> I'm running FC-4 with httpd-2.0.54-10.1.i386 .

Why are you putting this data under cgi-bin (a place for executable 
scripts) rather than under html (a place for static data such as html 
and image files)?

Paul.