Bug#907825: marked as done (lighttpd : scripts in /cgi-bin are not executed, Error 404)

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regarding lighttpd : scripts in /cgi-bin are not executed, Error 404
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• Subject: lighttpd : scripts in /cgi-bin are not executed, Error 404
• From: Andrzej Więckowski <andwiec@gmail.com>
• Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2018 18:30:21 +0200
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Package:lighttpd

Version:stable,now 1.4.45-1 amd64 [installed]

OS : Debian GNU/Linux 9.5 (stretch)

I have installed lighttpd, if i do : http://<server-ip>/index.html it is working as expected.

Then i have enabled CGI : sudo lighttpd-enable-mod cgi

i have place a simple "hello.py" (chmod +x) in /usr/lib/cgi-bin

http://<server-ip>/cgi-bin/hello.py gives a 404 Error

i have edit the "/etc/lighttpd/conf-enabled/10-cgi.conf" file :

# /usr/share/doc/lighttpd/cgi.txt

server.modules += ( "mod_cgi" )

$HTTP["url"] =~ "^/cgi-bin/" {

        alias.url += ( "/cgi-bin/" => "/var/www/cgi-bin" )

        cgi.assign = (

                ".py"  => "/usr/bin/python",

        )

}

i have make a directory "cgi-bin" in /var/www and place the hello.py there

http://<server-ip>/cgi-bin/hello.py gives Error 404

Really frustrating, im out of ideas how to solve this. 

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• To: 907825-done@bugs.debian.org
• Subject: 907825-done
• From: Glenn Strauss <gs-debian.org@gluelogic.com>
• Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 23:44:42 -0500
• Message-id: <20181213044442.GC8691@i5.lan>

Package: lighttpd
Version: lighttpd/1.4.45-1

user error

Use:
alias.url += ( "/cgi-bin/" => "/var/www/cgi-bin/" )

Note the trailing slashes on both pieces of the alias.

/var/www/cgi-binhello.py is unlikely to exist, resulting
in 404 Not Found, whereas /var/www/cgi-bin/hello.py exists.

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