[UE] lighttpd with non-root user and fastcgi failing with error daemonized server failed to start
Added by bhanu.kvn about 3 years ago
Hi
When I am running lighttpd(server.username ="testServer" and server.groupname ="testServer") which has fastcgi failing with the error "daemonized server failed to start"
Requirement :
I want the lighttpd with fastcgi, and the service/process has to run with other than root user.
Below is lighttpd.conf file
server.modules = ( "mod_alias", "mod_cgi", "mod_access", "mod_fastcgi", "mod_setenv", "mod_openssl") server.document-root = "/var/www" server.username = "testServer" server.groupname = "testServer" server.event-handler = "poll" mimetype.assign = ( ".css" => "text/css", ".wav" => "audio/x-wav", ".gif" => "image/gif", ".jpg" => "image/jpeg", ".jpeg" => "image/jpeg", ".png" => "image/png", ".html" => "text/html", ".htm" => "text/html", ".js" => "text/javascript", ".conf" => "text/plain", ".text" => "text/plain", ".txt" => "text/plain", ".dtd" => "text/xml", ".xml" => "text/xml", ".tar" => "application/x-tar", ".zip" => "application/zip") index-file.names = ( "index.html", "index.htm" ) alias.url += ( "" => server.document-root ) fastcgi.server = ( "/cgi-bin" => ( "TestWebServer.handler" => ( "socket" => "/run/TestWebServer.socket", "check-local" => "enable", "bin-path" => "/var/www/cgi-bin/TestWebServer.cgi", "max-procs" => 1, ) ) ) server.http-parseopts = ("host-strict" => "disable") server.upload-dirs = ( "/run" ) server.bind = "0.0.0.0" server.port = 80 $SERVER["socket"] == "[::]:80" { }
Observation
1. with server.username = "testServer" and server.groupname = "testServer"
When I executed below command with above lighttpd.conf file /usr/sbin/lighttpd -f lighttpd.conf
daemonized server failed to start
2. with server.username = "root" and server.groupname = "root" the lighttpd and fastcfi service started successfully without any error.
3. I able to launch the lighttpd service successfully with different user (other than root) when I remove the fastcgi configuration in the above lighttpd.conf file
Query
Is there any issues in the above script, why lighttpd service failed with server.username = "testServer" and server.groupname = "testServer" and fastcgi configuration?
Replies (1)
RE: lighttpd with non-root user and fastcgi failing with error daemonized server failed to start - Added by gstrauss about 3 years ago
/usr/sbin/lighttpd -f lighttpd.conf
daemonized server failed to start
Look here. Look in the lighttpd error log.
See How to get help
Try running /usr/sbin/lighttpd -f lighttpd.conf -D
to keep lighttpd in the foreground, and press Ctrl-C (after starting lighttpd) to quit.
"bin-path" => "/var/www/cgi-bin/TestWebServer.cgi"
is likely failing to start. testServer
probably does not have permission to write to "socket" => "/run/TestWebServer.socket"
There should be error trace from lighttpd, and the error can be confirmed with strace