Lighttpd

lighttpd calls stat_cache_init() before dropping priviledges (in the case where server.(user|group)name is set), meaning the fam process is started as root. Just afterwards, lighttpd will drop privilidges and is unable to use the fam process (this is probably also the cause of the HUP's that were being recieved, that changeset 622 works around).

Also, with the introduction of changeset 622, comes the possibility that FAMOpen2() might fail because famd isn't running (if using fam over gamin). The attached patch also takes care of this condition.

One totally unrelated fix is included in the patch. If for some reason setitimer() ever failed, it would cause a segfault due to invalid use of log_error_write().

-- Aaron Walker <ka0ttic