[pkg-lighttpd] Bug#383425:

[Waba]

Package: lighttpd
Followup-For: Bug #383425


I am facing the very same problem on my server: I have a global apache
as a front-end, and a lighttpd instance running with specific uid/gid
for each website on local high ports.

With these settings you'll understand that I have strictly no need for
a global instance of lighttpd. Furthermore, I *don't want* it either,
because one of the most basic steps to keep a system secure is to
disable unnecessary daemons.

So for now I've configured that global lighttpd to run on another local
high port, but clearly this is a ugly workaround. Another approach would
have been to hack & slash the init.d script, however as pointed in
the Debian reference manual (chapter 9), "customizing init scripts by
editing files in /etc/defaults/* is the preferred approach".

So in summary, I'd really appreciate a /etc/defaults/lighttpd with a
START_DAEMON on/off setting like apache, fetchmail, or actually most
Debian daemon packages.

Thanks in advance,
-Waba.