This is for version 1.4.9.
Unless server.modules is set to contain at lease one valid module name, default modules are not loaded.
To recreate, download 1.4.9, ./configure, make, make install and follow these steps (starting at $PREFIX):
% cat conf
server.dir-listing = "enable"
dir-listing.activate = "enable"
server.document-root = "/home/mikeg/public/"
server.port = 3000
mimetype.assign = (
".html" => "text/html",
".txt" => "text/plain",
".jpg" => "image/jpeg",
".png" => "image/png"
)
index-file.names = ( "index.html" )
% sbin/lighttpd -t -f conf
Syntax OK
% sbin/lighttpd -p -f conf
config {
var.PID = 17361
server.dir-listing = "enable"
dir-listing.activate = "enable"
server.document-root = "/home/mikeg/public/"
server.port = 3000
mimetype.assign = (
".html" => "text/html",
".txt" => "text/plain",
".jpg" => "image/jpeg",
".png" => "image/png",
# 4
)
index-file.names = ("index.html")
}
% sbin/lighttpd -D -f conf
2006-02-03 14:16:14: (server.c.725) WARNING: unknown config-key: server.dir-listing (ignored)
2006-02-03 14:16:14: (server.c.725) WARNING: unknown config-key: dir-listing.activate (ignored)
2006-02-03 14:16:14: (server.c.725) WARNING: unknown config-key: index-file.names (ignored)
2006-02-03 14:16:14: (log.c.75) server started
2006-02-03 14:16:16: (server.c.1082) [note] graceful shutdown started
2006-02-03 14:16:16: (log.c.135) server stopped
% vim conf
% cat conf
mikeg@adanac:~/bin/lightttpd >cat conf
server.modules = ( "mod_indexfile" )
server.dir-listing = "enable"
dir-listing.activate = "enable"
server.document-root = "/home/mikeg/public/"
server.port = 3000
mimetype.assign = (
".html" => "text/html",
".txt" => "text/plain",
".jpg" => "image/jpeg",
".png" => "image/png"
)
index-file.names = ( "index.html" )
% sbin/lighttpd -p -f conf
config {
var.PID = 17762
server.modules = ("mod_indexfile", "mod_indexfile", "mod_dirlisting", "mod_staticfile")
server.dir-listing = "enable"
dir-listing.activate = "enable"
server.document-root = "/home/mikeg/public/"
server.port = 3000
mimetype.assign = (
".html" => "text/html",
".txt" => "text/plain",
".jpg" => "image/jpeg",
".png" => "image/png",
# 4
)
index-file.names = ("index.html")
}
% sbin/lighttpd -D -f conf
2006-02-03 14:31:59: (log.c.75) server started
