Lighttpd

"include virtual" works for me, but then instead scripts aren't executed!?

So the

In general virtual works, but not in combination with mod_userdir (that was my problem). I cannot make lighttpd to execute certain executable from user's home directory. I haven't tried the latest lighttpd from svn repository, but I believe it still does not work..

Some explanation to initial bug report:
/var/www/html - server document root
/home/user/www - user's homepage root
/home/user/www/cgi/counter.cgi - CGI I want to execute
/home/user/www/index.html - SHTML file containing ''

Normally I would expect that /home/user/www/cgi/counter.cgi would be executed by instead lighttpd looks for '/var/www/html/~user/cgi/counter.cgi' which isn't what I was looking for..

-- gringo

=)

-- Hillary

untested, but would using con->physical.basedir instead of con->physical.doc_root work?

diff --git a/src/mod_ssi.c b/src/mod_ssi.c
index f3f255b..b5fe3b5 100644
--- a/src/mod_ssi.c
+++ b/src/mod_ssi.c
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ static int process_ssi_stmt(server *srv, connection *con, plugin_data *p, const

                        /* we have an uri */

-                       buffer_copy_buffer(p->stat_fn, con->physical.doc_root);
+                       buffer_copy_buffer(p->stat_fn, con->physical.basedir);
                        buffer_append_string_buffer(p->stat_fn, srv->tmp_buf);
                }

Please note that other than for limited error handling, lighttpd does not have the concept of "internal subrequest" as Apache does. Adding such a feature is possible, but probably a substantial amount of work. SSI includes in lighttpd are currently limited to direct inclusion of file, not the output of processing the path through an "internal subrequest", so no "#include virtual" executing a CGI. SSI in lighttpd does not support "#exec cgi", either, though "#exec cmd" is supported. I mention this because one of the tests you suggested in your attached patch expect #include virtual=cgi.pl to work. (BTW, thanks for writing some tests!)

It should be simpler to patch lighttpd to support the common case of "#include virtual" of a file relative to a userdir from within that userdir. Alas, the patch I posted in a prior comment (above) is too simple. It does not remove /~username from paths. I have a slightly larger patch, but still localized in mod_ssi.c, which does so. If there is interest in this small extension to lighttpd SSI, I'll test and post the patch. However, it seems as if there might be a desire for a much more featureful mod_ssi.c, more than what a small patch can provide for this issue ticket.