simple http server

[Gelo Ilzi]

I'm trying to implement a very simple http server with cgi functionality.
The code is simple:

   import CGIHTTPServer, BaseHTTPServer
   httpd = BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer(('',8000),
CGIHTTPServer.CGIHTTPRequestHandler)
   httpd.serve_forever()

I've created a subdir 'cgi-bin' which contains a python script. Now when I
enter this directory, i.e., go to the url http://localhost:8000/cgi-bin/  my
browser shows:

   Error response
   Error code 403.
   Message: CGI script is not a plain file ('/cgi-bin/').
   Error code explanation: 403 = Request forbidden -- authorization will not
help.

Plain html pages are ok.

It seems I misunderstand something very basical. Could somebody help me
please.

Thank you in advance.