Hi, > there's supposed to be a directory here: /usr/sbin/chroot/ but > chroot is actually a file. /usr/sbin/chroot *should* be a file: it's the binary of the chroot(8)[0] command; chroot, as explained in the reddit link, is a way to restrict a command to a directory. This directory is sometimes referred to as "a chroot" or "a chroot directory", but it shouldn't be confused with the /usr/sbin/chroot binary.
The chroot directory may need to be setup carefully, as the command may expect to find a few things in there; for example lighttpd seems to assume that there's a /dev/null available. The reddit link contains additional bits on how to setup a chroot directory with a working /dev/null. The chroot directory used by lighttpd should be configurable via server.chroot in lighttpd.conf (default seems to be /var/www/). If you've never done it before, I strongly suggest to toy around with chroot (e.g. try to create a dumb chroot containing ls, cat and a few text files). Hope it'll help, [0]: https://man.openbsd.org/man8/chroot.8 On Fri, Aug 16, 2024 at 8:03 PM David Colburn <q...@kd4e.com> wrote: > I didn't see this on the mailing list so am trying again ... > > Dell OptiPlex 7050 > > OpenBSD 7.5 > > php 8.3.10 > > lighttpd-1.4.74-mysql > > I'm using root. > > "*rcctl -df start lighttpd*" errors > > "*daemonized server failed to start; check error log for details doing > _rc_rm_runfile (failed)*" > > error.log says: > > "... > (/usr/obj/ports/lighttpd-1.4.74-mysql/lighttpd-1.4.74/src/configfile.c.1981) > opening /dev/null failed: No such file or directory" > > "... > (/usr/obj/ports/lighttpd-1.4.74-mysql/lighttpd-1.4.74/src/configfile.c.1935) > Opening errorlog failed: No such file or directory" > > According to this: > > > https://www.reddit.com/r/openbsd/comments/nygjdm/lighttpd_cant_find_devnull_on_69/ > > there's supposed to be a directory here: /usr/sbin/chroot/ but chroot is > actually a file. > > I'm not sure how to proceed to fix the dev/null problem ... > Thanks > >
