Installing member/password script

[loyalrogue]

Greetings all.

I am trying to install the RegisterMe Lite script for password management and although the readme is pretty detailed I still have a few questions.

Here is an excerpt from the setup instructions on creating needed directories:

1.1. Scripts Directory

The directory to hold all *.cgi and *.pm files. Your web server must be able to execute scripts from this directory. Please refer to your server documentation for instructions how to allow scripts execution for a directory.

Does this have to be in the cgi_bin or can I create a separate directory for the scripts?

1.2 Data Directory (Base Directory)

The directory to hold RegisterMe! database. RegisterMe! scripts must have read/write access to this directory. Setting 777 access mode under UNIX is a sure bet.

For security reasons it is highly recommended to place data directory outside of web server document root.

"outside of web server document root."
Is this the directory above the public_html or does this mean something else?

I'm sure I'll stumble a little more before it's up and running but this should help me get started.
Thanks in advance.

[Jonathan]

CGI / Perl scripts can be executed from any folder.

"Outside the Web Server..." ~ this is the folder
you first arrive in, where you see "public_html" ~ non-world readable.