The cgi.assign I was using tells lighttpd to run that script directly, using 
the #! Path on the first line of the script.  This would enact setuid 
permissions, while if the script is passed as an argument to perl, I would 
think that it wouldn't honor setuid permissions. (unless you're running 
lighttpd as backuppc)

If it's working, great...

-G
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Juergen Harms [mailto:Juergen.Harms AT unige DOT ch] 
> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 2:49 PM
> To: General list for user discussion, questions and support
> Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Backuppc on Lighttpd
> 
> Thanks once more:
>     index-file.names = ( "BackupPC_Admin.cgi" )
> does the job - using http://<site>/backuppc now works as it 
> should, no 
> need any more to append the name of the cgi file.
> 
> However,
>      cgi.assign += ( ".cgi" => "" )
> does mischief - it makes lighttpd forget that it must call 
> the cgi code 
> when it sees a <filename>.cgi> file - my script only works if I keep
>      cgi.assign = ( ".cgi" => "/usr/bin/perl" )
> which looks normal to me.
> 
> I append the significant part of my script. Principal difference with 
> respect to the template script from the sourceforge howto:
>    - authentification is skipped for local calls on the server
>    - the URL can be <site>/backuppc/?host=<client-name> - 
> something you
>      frequently want and which suppresses the need to start with the
>      server page (in my mozilla taskbar I have a folder with backuppc
>      URLs which behaves like a pulldown menu - server, pc1, pc2 ...)
> 
> ---------
> 
> $HTTP["host"] =~ "^pcjuergen($|.unige.ch)" {
>      $HTTP["url"] =~ "^/backuppc($|/)" {
>       server.document-root = "/var/www/backuppc"
>       alias.url = ( "/backuppc" => "/var/www/backuppc" )
>       dir-listing.activate = "disable"
>       index-file.names = ( "BackupPC_Admin.cgi" )
>       $HTTP["remoteip"] != "127.0.0.1" {
>           auth.backend = "htpasswd"
>           auth.backend.htpasswd.userfile = "/var/www/passwd/lighttpd"
>           auth.require += ( "" => (   "method" => "basic",
>                                       "realm" => "BackupPC",
>                                       "require" => "valid-user" ) )
>       }
>      }
>      $HTTP["url"] =~ "^/webdav($|/)" {
>       $HTTP["url"] =~ "^/webdav/fox_" {
> 
>               etc.
> 
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