I'm following a tutorial to help me install the lighttpd server software on my Mandriva box.
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/installing-and-configuring-lighttpd-webserver-howto.html
I think that I've done everything necessary but I keep getting this error whenever I want to start the server.
[root@localhost lighttpd]# /etc/init.d/lighttpd start
Starting lighttpd: 2009-07-28 13:00:15: (log.c.84) opening errorlog '/var/log/lighttpd/error.log' failed: Permission denied
2009-07-28 13:00:15: (server.c.893) Opening errorlog failed. Going down.
I don't understand what's causing this problem. I'm running this server as root, there should be no permission problem.
Best Answer
Does litehttpd change its ID to another user when started like apache? If so you will need to make sure the log folder/file is writable by that user.