htaccess causing problems with python cgi

Question

I have two pages:

When I want to make the address http://arbsq.net/canvas automatically redirtect to index.py, I use the following htaccess:

//301 Redirect Old File
Redirect 301 index.htm index.py

but it keeps causing the obscure 500 Internal server error if I use any of the addresses:

I checked all other possible problems (file permission..etc), and I am lmost sure it is the htaccess...Any idea what can the problem be

anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-05 15:53:40Z

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If you want make the address http://arbsq.net/canvas automatically load index.py then you better use DirectoryIndex like this:

DirectoryIndex index.py index.htm

This basically loads index.py if found in a directory otherwise it will try to load index.htm.

Don't forget to remove your Redirect 301 rule.

answered Jan 5, 2014 at 15:53

anubhava

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