Not a bug - user error. To access the cgi script, I was using a URL of the form "file:///something.cgi". When I access the script through Apache (duh!) using a URL of the form "http://host_name/cgi- bin/something.cgi" it works as advertised.
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- Firefox refusing to run cgi scripts on local host https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/186714 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs