<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Do I run the command update-rc.d directly from a command prompt? There is a thttpd file in the /etc/init.d directory. Remember you are talking to a novice in Ubuntu/linux.<VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR><BR class=yui-cursor style="RIGHT: auto"></SPAN></div>
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<DIV id=yiv1198201957 style="RIGHT: auto">Do not do it this way,<BR><BR>If the startup file is in /etc/init.d, it is already in the startup system. You just have to check that it is set in the proper runlevel.<BR><BR>In the RedHat/SUSE world, use the command chkconfig.<BR><BR>In the Ubuntu world, use update-rc.d.<BR><BR>Learn the paradigm of the system you're in and use it and you'll have far fewer problems.<BR><BR>-Josh More<BR><BR>
<DIV class=yiv1198201957gmail_quote style="RIGHT: auto">On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 8:30 PM, Charles Dunbar <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:ccdunbar@gmail.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:ccdunbar@gmail.com">ccdunbar@gmail.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=yiv1198201957gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; RIGHT: auto; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">The easiest way I know (I do more redhat than debian, someone wiser<BR>might know more) would be to add the command in your crontab, since<BR>the init script doesn't seem to work well:<BR><BR>$ sudo crontab -e<BR><BR>Add the line:<BR><BR>@reboot /usr/sbin/thttpd -C /etc/thttpd/thttpd.conf<BR><BR>and save/exit the file editor.<BR><BR>You can verify the full path of thttpd to see the exact file it's<BR>calling by typing:<BR>$ whereis thttpd<BR><BR>Charles<BR><BR>On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 7:53 PM, Tom Sellers <<A href="mailto:tomsellers2001@yahoo.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:tomsellers2001@yahoo.com">tomsellers2001@yahoo.com</A>> wrote:<BR>> That's the ticket! I can see my root page now. How do I make it start this<BR>> way each time I boot up the server without having to manually
start it each<BR>> time?<BR>><BR>> Thank you very much!<BR>> From: Charles Dunbar <<A href="mailto:ccdunbar@gmail.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:ccdunbar@gmail.com">ccdunbar@gmail.com</A>><BR>> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group <<A href="mailto:cialug@cialug.org" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:cialug@cialug.org">cialug@cialug.org</A>><BR>> Sent: Sunday, October 2, 2011 7:37 PM<BR>> Subject: Re: [Cialug] thttpd<BR>><BR>> Hey Tom,<BR>><BR>> I just did a double check on my Ubuntu 10.10 box, hopefully it's<BR>> similar enough to help you out.<BR>><BR>> After getting the package installed (sudo apt-get install thttpd), I<BR>> noticed it didn't auto-start like it says it does in the tutorial<BR>> you've linked.<BR>><BR>> Most programs usually have a script in /etc/init.d/(program name) that<BR>> takes "start, stop, status, restart" as basic arguments, to see if
the<BR>> program is running, and to start/stop the program. thttpd's script in<BR>> /etc/init.d/ did absolutely nothing, printing no errors or anything,<BR>> so I just ran the command by itself<BR>><BR>> thttpd does not seem to work as I'd expect, with a "start" command in<BR>> the command, but trying it out reveled the arguments it could take:<BR>><BR>> $ sudo thttpd start<BR>> usage: thttpd [-C configfile] [-p port] [-d dir] [-r|-nor] [-dd<BR>> data_dir] [-s|-nos] [-v|-nov] [-g|-nog] [-u user] [-c cgipat] [-t<BR>> throttles] [-h host] [-l logfile] [-i pidfile] [-T charset] [-P P3P]<BR>> [-M maxage] [-V] [-D]<BR>><BR>><BR>> Specifying the config file caused the server to start up:<BR>><BR>> $ sudo thttpd -C /etc/thttpd/thttpd.conf<BR>><BR>> search for thttpd in output of ps aux:<BR>><BR>> $ ps aux | grep thttpd<BR>> www-data 23646 0.0 0.0 2312 616
? Ss 19:31 0:00<BR>> thttpd -C /etc/thttpd/thttpd.conf<BR>><BR>><BR>> If you have any questions about the steps along the way, feel free to<BR>> ask. Jumping head first into Linux can be a bit daunting after years<BR>> of Windows.<BR>><BR>> Charles<BR>><BR>><BR>> On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Tom Sellers <<A href="mailto:tomsellers2001@yahoo.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:tomsellers2001@yahoo.com">tomsellers2001@yahoo.com</A>><BR>> wrote:<BR>>> You are talking over my head with most of these questions.<BR>>><BR>>> I am the newbie of the group if you have been at the Des Moines meetings.<BR>>> I<BR>>> am trying to learn linux but it is quite different than I am use to since<BR>>> I<BR>>> have been a Windows guy for years.<BR>>><BR>>> As for the log file there is none created. I performed the
install as the<BR>>> root user (sudo). How do I determine what user/permissions it is<BR>>> attempting<BR>>> to start under?<BR>>><BR>>> I followed a how to at the following web addresss.<BR>>><BR>>> http://radagast.bglug.ca/howto_build_a_server/howto_build_a_server_part1<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> From: Nathan C. Smith <<A href="mailto:nathan.smith@ipmvs.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:nathan.smith@ipmvs.com">nathan.smith@ipmvs.com</A>><BR>>> To: 'Central Iowa Linux Users Group' <<A href="mailto:cialug@cialug.org" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:cialug@cialug.org">cialug@cialug.org</A>><BR>>> Sent: Sunday, October 2, 2011 6:29 PM<BR>>> Subject: Re: [Cialug] thttpd<BR>>><BR>>> Check the log files to see if there are any reasons for it not to start?<BR>>> Is<BR>>> it starting under the correct user permissions?
Does the user it is<BR>>> trying<BR>>> to run as have permissions to the config or for the content it is trying<BR>>> to<BR>>> serve?<BR>>><BR>>> -Nate<BR>>><BR>>> From: <A href="mailto:cialug-bounces@cialug.org" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:cialug-bounces@cialug.org">cialug-bounces@cialug.org</A> [mailto:<A href="mailto:cialug-bounces@cialug.org" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:cialug-bounces@cialug.org">cialug-bounces@cialug.org</A>] On<BR>>> Behalf<BR>>> Of Tom Sellers<BR>>> Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2011 6:11 PM<BR>>> To: Linux User Group Iowa<BR>>> Subject: [Cialug] thttpd<BR>>><BR>>> I installed thttpd on a server running Ubuntu 11.04 and can't seem to get<BR>>> it<BR>>> to start. I have examined the thttpd.conf file and compared it with an<BR>>> exmple that I found which did not turn up any issues. I
created a short<BR>>> index.html file in the directory it told me to put it. However when I try<BR>>> to connect to the web page I get an error indicating the server is not<BR>>> running (no response!). I can ping the server from the machine I am<BR>>> attempting to browse from (on same local segment) but can't connect to the<BR>>> web page.<BR>>><BR>>> I used the ps -e command to see all the running processes and don't see<BR>>> thttpd in there anywhere.<BR>>><BR>>> I also looked in the directory where the log is to be but do not see any<BR>>> log<BR>>> there.<BR>>><BR>>> Anyone willing to help me out on this?<BR>>><BR>>> Thanks!<BR>>> _______________________________________________<BR>>> Cialug mailing list<BR>>> <A href="mailto:Cialug@cialug.org" target=_blank rel=nofollow
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