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[Stephen Clement <s.clement AT sympatico.ca>]

sindi keesan wrote:

> On Mon, 14 Mar 2005, Stephen Clement wrote:
>
> > sindi keesan wrote:
> >
> > > Interesting.  I just found my own assigned IP address in 
> > > /var/eznet/status.0:
> > >
> > > ppp0 204.39.226.xxx to 204.39.226.4 up since 9:12AM Mon Mar 14, 2005
> > >
> > > (I did not type out the full IP address just in case this might 
> > > cause a security problem - could it?  I am not running any telnet or 
> > > http demons right now and I am telnetted here as user.)
> > >
> > > So if I were to run httpd on my computer I could from this shell 
> > > account use a browser to access my own computer and transfer files 
> > > from it, instead of via ftp or kermit file transfer.  Might be 
> > > useful.  But I dialed in using BL2 not BL3 - is there a small httpd 
> > > that will work in BL2, or is the BL3 one statically compiled?
> >
> >
> > The one I submitted to the list, mini_httpd is statically compiled, 
> > so it should work with BL2, and it's easier than copying over all of 
> > busybox.
>
>
> I took a look at it but could not understand how to configure it.  Can 
> you explain how to set it up to work like the busybox httpd, just from 
> the directory where it is invoked?  I have not set up a web server 
> until yesterday.

First of all, if you have the new version there's plenty of 
documentation on it in /usr/doc/.

I'll explain it however:
The -C option specifies a config file. Config files are explained quite 
nicely if you read the page in /usr/doc/, and you set the options like so:

optionname=value

-p specifies a port. The default of 80 should be what you want.

-d specifies a dir to chdir to at startup.

-dd is related to chrooting, see the manual.

-c is for specifying your cgi-bin. Specify 'cgi-bin/**' (without the 
quotes) for anything in cgi-bin/. '**.cgi' (yet again, without the 
quotes) for all files ending in .cgi. Note that this path is relative to 
the directory specified with -d.

-u specifies a user to switch to after initialization as root. Default 
is nobody. If you leave this alone in BL3, it'll somehow magically 
change to nobody just fine, despite the user 'nobody' not being existing.

-h and -v are related to virtual hosting. See the manual.

-l specifies a log file name. Default is no logging.

-i specifies a pidfile (a file that it writes it's PID to)

-T specifies a character set to use when sending text files. Default 
should be fine.

-P specifies a P3P server header. See manual for details.

-M is related to caching, see manual for details.

-S is related to SSL, which I have disabled. Useless unless you 
recompile with SSL support.

-E is also related to SSL. Yet again, see the manual.

-D is for debug mode. Note, however that mini_httpd does not become a 
daemon in this mode, so it's great for a restart script.

-V prints the version and exits.

So, now that we have that covered, here's an example configuration file:

dir=/var/www/
cgipat=cgi-bin/**
logfile=/var/log/mini_httpd.log

With this configuration file, you'd put your files in /var/www/, and 
your cgi files in /var/www/cgi-bin/. It would log to 
/var/log/mini_httpd.log.

You would invoke mini_httpd like this:

mini_httpd -C /path/to/config/file

Hope this clears things up a bit. By the way, if you have an old version 
that does not have the (essential) manual in /usr/doc/, e-mail me for 
the new package. The manual is essential.

Thanks,

Stephen Clement

> > Thanks,
> >
> > Stephen Clement
> >
> > > On Sun, 13 Mar 2005, Alejandro Lieber wrote:
> > >
> > > > Today I used httpd:
> > > >
> > > > 1) made directory www
> > > > 2) loaded a index.html file there.
> > > > 3) cd to /www
> > > > 4) run httpd
> > > > 5) run ppp-on
> > > > 6) read myip address (200.32.16.17) after loging to my IP.
> > > > 7) run links
> > > > 8) g 200.32.16.17
> > > > 9) links got my /www/index.html page
> > > >
> > > > All using only one machine.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Read net news (USENET) with Arachne: 
> > > > http://www.lieber.com.ar/nnews.zip
> > > > Sans Serif fonts for MS-DOS at: http://www.lieber.com.ar/novafont.zip
> > > > Configurable dialing menu for several DOS internet programs at:
> > > > http://www.lieber.com.ar/dial_ip.zip
> > > >
> > > > ---------------------
> > > > Ing. Alejandro Lieber
> > > > Rosario     Argentina
> > > > ---------------------