[Cialug] thttpd

[Tom Sellers]

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.


From: Josh More <jmore at starmind.org>
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group <cialug at cialug.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 2, 2011 8:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Cialug] thttpd


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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