[Cialug] thttpd

[Charles Dunbar]

Hey Tom,

I just did a double check on my Ubuntu 10.10 box, hopefully it's
similar enough to help you out.

After getting the package installed (sudo apt-get install thttpd), I
noticed it didn't auto-start like it says it does in the tutorial
you've linked.

Most programs usually have a script in /etc/init.d/(program name) that
takes "start, stop, status, restart" as basic arguments, to see if the
program is running, and to start/stop the program.  thttpd's script in
/etc/init.d/ did absolutely nothing, printing no errors or anything,
so I just ran the command by itself

thttpd does not seem to work as I'd expect, with a "start" command in
the command, but trying it out reveled the arguments it could take:

$ sudo thttpd start
usage:  thttpd [-C configfile] [-p port] [-d dir] [-r|-nor] [-dd
data_dir] [-s|-nos] [-v|-nov] [-g|-nog] [-u user] [-c cgipat] [-t
throttles] [-h host] [-l logfile] [-i pidfile] [-T charset] [-P P3P]
[-M maxage] [-V] [-D]


Specifying the config file caused the server to start up:

$ sudo thttpd -C /etc/thttpd/thttpd.conf

search for thttpd in output of ps aux:

$ ps aux | grep thttpd
www-data 23646  0.0  0.0   2312   616 ?        Ss   19:31   0:00
thttpd -C /etc/thttpd/thttpd.conf


If you have any questions about the steps along the way, feel free to
ask.  Jumping head first into Linux can be a bit daunting after years
of Windows.

Charles


On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 7:00 PM, 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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