/home : 711 /home/*/domains/* : group apache : 710 /home/*/domain/default : 755 (so new accounts can still copy the data as themselves) upon domain creation, an .htaccess file will be inserted into the cgi-bin with: Options -Indexes in the /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf: AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl will be placed just before <IfModule mod_userdir.c> because the handler wasn't being activated for ~username. (does exist later on in the file)