[Cialug] thttpd

Charles Dunbar ccdunbar at gmail.com
Sun Oct 2 20:54:02 CDT 2011 

Apparently, thttpd is a bit quirky on Ubuntu.  I knew of update-rc.d,
but since the init.d script did nothing, I recommended the crontab
entry to manually run the command at startup.

In /etc/default/thttpd, there is a variable called "ENABLED" that is
default set to no.  If you want to use the init scripts (and you do),
you'll need to edit that file (as root, with sudo) and change it to
ENABLED=yes.  The init script in /etc/init.d/ checks that variable
before it runs, and if set to no, spits out no errors/returns the
prompt without anything happening.

With that change, you can use sudo /etc/init.d/thttpd
start/stop/status to check on the process, and use update-rc.d or
sysv-rc-conf to tell the system to start the thttpd process on boot
(in sysv-rc-conf, you'll probably want 2,3,4,5 selected.  Type
"runlevel" to see what you're currently at.  My box shows me at 2).

Charles

On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 8:38 PM, Josh More <jmore at starmind.org> wrote:
> Do not do it this way,
>
> 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.
>
> In the RedHat/SUSE world, use the command chkconfig.
>
> In the Ubuntu world, use update-rc.d.
>
> Learn the paradigm of the system you're in and use it and you'll have far
> fewer problems.
>
> -Josh More
>
> On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 8:30 PM, Charles Dunbar <ccdunbar at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> The easiest way I know (I do more redhat than debian, someone wiser
>> might know more) would be to add the command in your crontab, since
>> the init script doesn't seem to work well:
>>
>> $ sudo crontab -e
>>
>> Add the line:
>>
>> @reboot /usr/sbin/thttpd -C /etc/thttpd/thttpd.conf
>>
>> and save/exit the file editor.
>>
>> You can verify the full path of thttpd to see the exact file it's
>> calling by typing:
>> $ whereis thttpd
>>
>> Charles
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 7:53 PM, Tom Sellers <tomsellers2001 at yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>> > That's the ticket!  I can see my root page now.  How do I make it start
>> > this
>> > way each time I boot up the server without having to manually start it
>> > each
>> > time?
>> >
>> > Thank you very much!
>> > From: Charles Dunbar <ccdunbar at gmail.com>
>> > To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group <cialug at cialug.org>
>> > Sent: Sunday, October 2, 2011 7:37 PM
>> > Subject: Re: [Cialug] thttpd
>> >
>> > 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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