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I want to restart lighttpd using */lighttpd restart command, but nothing happens, no message, error, just a new cli line waiting for command.

I've examined lighttpd file and lighttpd.conf and they seem to be ok..

What should I do more ?

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Don't this belongs to ServerFault? – p4bl0 Mar 24 '10 at 0:01
I'll copy it there. – Claudiu Mar 24 '10 at 0:24
@Claudiu: You could also vote to close as "belongs-on-serverfault", then it only needs one more vote to be automatically migrated. (Or maybe even your vote, as the question owner, would already be enough?) – sth Mar 24 '10 at 0:34
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Are you sure the lighttpd binary is correctly installed and executable? If the file is not found, the init script will just exit without doing anything.

The binary file is (at least on Debian) supposed to be /usr/sbin/lighttpd.

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Debian here too, file is in /etc/init.d/. I have tried /etc/init.d/lighttpd restart, nothing :( – Claudiu Mar 24 '10 at 0:23
@Claudiu: Is there a file /usr/sbin/lighttpd? That's where the actual program is supposed to be that the init script tries to start. If it's not there try apt-get install lighttpd. – sth Mar 24 '10 at 0:33
You are right, lighttpd wasn't installed. I've installed it and everything is ok. THanks – Claudiu Mar 24 '10 at 0:49
This can happen if you had the package installed before and then removed it again. apt by default doesn't remove the config files in case you made changes to them that you don't want to lose. – sth Mar 24 '10 at 0:55
Yeah, but I still have problems, I can;t start it now .. :( port 80 is free. When I try to start it is just say "Starting web-server: lighttpd" and new cli line appears – Claudiu Mar 24 '10 at 1:04
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