[Cialug] thttpd

[Tom Sellers]

You are talking over my head with most of these questions. 
 
I am the newbie of the group if you have been at the Des Moines meetings.  I am trying to learn linux but it is quite different than I am use to since I have been a Windows guy for years.  
 
As for the log file there is none created.  I performed the install as the root user (sudo).  How do I determine what user/permissions it is attempting to start under? 
 
I followed a how to at the following web addresss.
 
http://radagast.bglug.ca/howto_build_a_server/howto_build_a_server_part1
 
 
From: Nathan C. Smith <nathan.smith at ipmvs.com>
To: 'Central Iowa Linux Users Group' <cialug at cialug.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 2, 2011 6:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Cialug] thttpd


Check the log files to see if there are any reasons for it not to start?  Is it starting under the correct user permissions?  Does the user it is trying to run as have permissions to the config or for the content it is trying to serve?
 
-Nate
 
From:cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf Of Tom Sellers
Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2011 6:11 PM
To: Linux User Group Iowa
Subject: [Cialug] thttpd
 
I installed thttpd on a server running Ubuntu 11.04 and can't seem to get it to start.  I have examined the thttpd.conf file and compared it with an exmple that I found which did not turn up any issues.  I created a short index.html file in the directory it told me to put it.  However when I try to connect to the web page I get an error indicating the server is not running (no response!).  I can ping the server from the machine I am attempting to browse from (on same local segment) but can't connect to the web page.  
 
I used the ps -e command to see all the running processes and don't see thttpd in there anywhere.  
 
I also looked in the directory where the log is to be but do not see any log there.
 
Anyone willing to help me out on this?  
 
Thanks!
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