Lighttpd

http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/fastcgi/ (at the bottom):

"Django makes a good attempt to work out what the real script name prefix should be. In particular, if the webserver sets the SCRIPT_URL (specific to Apache’s mod_rewrite), or REDIRECT_URL (set by a few servers, including Apache + mod_rewrite in some situations), Django will work out the original prefix automatically."

See also http://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/BackwardsIncompatibleChanges#lighttpdfastcgiandothers

This workaround shouldn't be necessary, so I suggest to provide a way for Django to work out the script URL prefix.

-- Thomas Steinacher <tom