[pkg-lighttpd] Bug#366366: lighttpd 1.4.11-3 stops when logs are
rotated
Richard Green
richard.green at swishzone.com
Mon May 8 00:06:56 UTC 2006
Package: lighttpd
Version: 1.4.11-3
When logs are rotated using logrotate and the rotation script
in /etc/logrotate.d/lighttpd, lighttpd init script is called with the
'reload' parameter.
Within /etc/init.d/lighttpd, this translates to sending the lighttpd process
signal 2 (INT).
Although this results in a line in the lighttpd logfile mentioning 'Graceful
restart', either this does not do as intended, or the privs of the lighttpd
process do not allow it to recreate a socket listening on port 80. Thus the
http server process remains running (well sleeping, since it has nothing to
do), however it is no longer listening on port 80.
logrotate notices this problem:
invoke-rc.d: initscript lighttpd, action "reload" failed.
error: error running shared postrotate script for /var/log/lighttpd/*.log
run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate exited with return code 1
I changed my lighttpd init script so the reload function sends signal 1 (HUP)
instead of signal 2 (INT). Not sure what really happens when you send it that
signal, there is a errer logfile entry about logs being rotated (though
obviously the actual rotation is carried out by logrotate...). Signal 1 was
used in previous init scripts for lighttpd.
Also I noted a discussion you are probably already aware of regarding lighttpd
and graceful restarts: http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.lighttpd/3752
Cheers
Richard Green
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