Comments on: CentOS / Redhat Enterprise Linux Setup Lighttpd in Chroot Jail

By: James Shailes

James Shailes — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:14:42 +0000

Same problem as Steve, I’ll keep you posted if I find a fix.

By: Steve Zip

Steve Zip — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:48:19 +0000

Starting lighttpd: 2010-02-21 01:36:28: (configfile.c.1178) base-docroot doesn’t exist: /webroot/home/lighttpd/default/
2010-02-21 01:36:28: (server.c.584) setting default values failed
[FAILED]

Followed the tutorial to the T, and I don’t see where this directory is created. I tried to create this directory myself:

mkdir /webroot/home/lighttpd/default
mkdir: cannot create directory `/webroot/home/lighttpd/default’: File exists

So does this directory exist or what? If it exists, than what’s the problem with lighttpd?

By: Alexandre Haguiar

Alexandre Haguiar — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:20:43 +0000

If you are using lua and mod_magnet you have to follow this step:

# cd /webroot/usr/bin
# cp /usr/bin/lua .
# l2chroot lua

By: Vivek Gite

Vivek Gite — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:15:23 +0000

@ alex

No, I don’t. yum command is used to install mysql-server. However, customization setting up mysql root password, database, accounts is not covered as those are site specific config options.

By: alex

alex — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:25:28 +0000

Hey, you’ve missed the “how to setup mysql” instructions, and mysql wont work…

By: MM

MM — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:05:03 +0000

I needed to copy the /lib/libnss_dns.so.2 to my chroot “/lib” directory becouse the php-cgi wasn’t able to resolve names in fsockopen/fopen/etc.

(php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed)

Thanks!

[]s, MM

By: Nitz

Nitz — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:57:56 +0000

error message Starting lighttpd: 2008-07-21 08:51:44: (configfile.c.1136) base-docroot doesn’t exist: /home/lighttpd/default/

fix:
vi /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
server.document-root = “/home/lighttpd/default/”

needs to be;
server.document-root = “home/lighttpd/default/”

By: Arnaud D

Arnaud D — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:32:14 +0000

Hmm do I have to copy my website files from the old /var/www/docroot to the new /chroot/var/www/docroot

? If I let my files to the /var/www/docroot i get 404, if I move them to /chroot/var/www/docroot, lighttpd displays “No input files specified” and if I place them to both location in same time looks like working :/ crazy problem.

And I have another behaviour, can’t stop services as explained here: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-setup-lighttpd-php-mysql-chrooted-jail.html#comment-142040