If you are having a problem getting your wordpress 404 page to show up when using lighttpd you need to add the following to your lighttpd config file to tell it where to get 404 responses from:
server.error-handler-404 ="/index.php?error=404"
This assumes that your blog starts at the root directory.
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WordPress 404 with lighttpd (lighty)
If you are having a problem getting your wordpress 404 page to show up when using lighttpd you need to add the following to your lighttpd config file to tell it where to get 404 responses from:
This assumes that your blog starts at the root directory.
Tags: wordpress, lighthttpd, lighty