Mac OS X 10.6
Apache 2.2
Perl CGI.

Would appreciate whatever ideas you can pass on to me -- I'm pretty much a newbie.

I have a set of cgi scripts that run perfectly on Apache 2.2 on Windows XP.
I am now porting the software to my iMac and cannot get past 1st base!

When I start an html file in Safari that contains the following image reference
<IMG src="icons/gallery_nicastro_logo.jpg" ...
The jpg displays as it should.

When I click the button in that same html file that contains the ref: href="http://localhost/dev/gfrm.cgi?init"
I get the Forbidden error message.

The directory for icons (which works) is defined like this in the httpd.conf file:
# For images displayed in the final webpage
# For images dispalyed in the maintenance scripts
Alias /icons/ "/Users/andynic/Desktop/Mac_XP_SharedFiles/DocumentsCurrent/Documents_20090101_to_20091231/Computing/gfrmMac/icons/"
<Directory "/Users/andynic/Desktop/Mac_XP_SharedFiles/DocumentsCurrent/Documents_20090101_to_20091231/Computing/gfrmMac/icons">
Options Indexes MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>


The direcotry of the cgi scripts (which causes the error) is defined like this:
Attempt 1:
<Directory "/Users/andynic/Desktop/Mac_XP_SharedFiles/DocumentsCurrent/Documents_20090101_to_20091231/Computing/gfrmMac">
Options +ExecCGI +Indexes
AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
ScriptAlias /dev/ "/Users/andynic/Desktop/Mac_XP_SharedFiles/DocumentsCurrent/Documents_20090101_to_20091231/Computing/gfrmMac/"

Attempt 2: (where the passwords file was created using htpasswd -c)
<Directory "/Users/andynic/Desktop/Mac_XP_SharedFiles/DocumentsCurrent/Documents_20090101_to_20091231/Computing/gfrmMac">
Options +ExecCGI
require valid-user
AuthType Basic
AuthName "gfr"
AuthUserFile "/private/etc/apache2/passwords"
</Directory>
ScriptAlias /dev/ "/Users/andynic/Desktop/Mac_XP_SharedFiles/DocumentsCurrent/Documents_20090101_to_20091231/Computing/gfrmMac/"


The server is started by user root: sudo apachectl -k start
I have tried running the cgi script both as owner andynic and root (chown).
chmod privs are set to 755.

What am I doing wrong?
Thanks for your help.
Andynic