[Cialug] thttpd

[chris rheinherren]

Tom,

Does this Ubuntu server already have Apache installed on it?


On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 19:00, Tom Sellers <tomsellers2001 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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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