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h1. The CGI-Module [[TracNav(DocsToc)]] 

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 CGI 
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 *Module: mod_cgi* --------------- 
 Module: mod_cgi 
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 h2. Description 
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 CGI programs allow you to enhance the functionality of the server in a very 
 straight-forward and simple way. 


 h2. 

 Options 


 *cgi.assign* 
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 cgi.assign 

   file-extensions that are handled by a CGI program 

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   e.g.: :: 
  
     cgi.assign = ( ".pl"    => "/usr/bin/perl", 
                    ".cgi" => "/usr/bin/perl" ) 
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   For PHP don't forget to set cgi.fix_pathinfo = 1 in the php.ini. 

 

   To get the old cgi-bin behavior of apache: 

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     #Note: make sure that mod_alias is loaded if you use this: 
     alias.url += ( "/cgi-bin" => server_root + "/cgi-bin" ) 
     $HTTP["url"] =~ "^/cgi-bin" { 
         cgi.assign = ( "" => "" ) 
     } 
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 *cgi.execute-all* cgi.execute-all 

   In 1.5.0 and later you can use: :: 

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     $PHYSICAL["existing-path"] =~ "^/var/www/myvhost/cgi-bin/" { 
       cgi.execute-all = "enable" 
     } 
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   which does the same thing as cgi.assign = ("" => "") but is more obvious to use. 
 
 h2. Examples 
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 To setup an executable which can run on its own (e.g. binaries, scripts  
 with a shebang line) you just don't specify a handler for the extension: 

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   cgi.assign = ( ".sh" => "" ) 
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 If the file has no extension keep in mind that lighttpd matches not the 
 extension itself but the right part of the URL: 

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   cgi.assign = ( "/testfile" => "" ) 
 

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