I append the end of my /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf file - which works fine for me, maybe that helps. I do not use a specific wrapper, it is enough to have my cgi file set-uid (/var/www/backuppcBackupPC_Admin.cgi on my Mandriva platform)
Have you seen http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net/Install+Backuppc+with+Lighttpd $HTTP["host"] =~ "^pcjuergen($|.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 = "/server/www/passwd/backuppc" auth.require += ( "" => ( "method" => "basic", "realm" => "BackupPC", "require" => "valid-user" ) ) } } $HTTP["url"] =~ "^/webdav($|/)" { $HTTP["url"] =~ "^/webdav/fox_" { server.document-root = "/server/www/foxmarks" ... snip ... } } ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/