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@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +How to build darkhttpd +---------------------- + +Simply run make: + $ make + + + +How to run darkhttpd +-------------------- + +Serve /var/www/htdocs on the default port (port 80): + $ ./darkhttpd /var/www/htdocs + +Serve ~/public_html on port 8081: + $ ./darkhttpd ~/public_html --port 8081 + +Only bind to one IP address (useful on multi-homed systems): + $ ./darkhttpd ~/public_html --addr 192.168.0.1 + +Serve at most 4 simultaneous connections: + $ ./darkhttpd ~/public_html --maxconn 4 + +Log accesses to a file: + $ ./darkhttpd ~/public_html --log access.log + +Chroot for extra security (you need root privs for chroot): + $ ./darkhttpd /var/www/htdocs --chroot + +Use default.htm instead of index.html: + $ ./darkhttpd /var/www/htdocs --index default.htm + +Add mimetypes - in this case, serve .dat files as text/plain: + $ cat extramime + text/plain dat + $ ./darkhttpd /var/www/htdocs --mimetypes extramime + +Drop privileges: + $ ./darkhttpd /var/www/htdocs --uid www --gid www + +Use acceptfilter (FreeBSD only): + $ kldload accf_http + $ ./darkhttpd /var/www/htdocs --accf + +Run in the background and create a pidfile: + $ ./darkhttpd /var/www/htdocs --pidfile /var/run/httpd.pid --daemon + +Commandline options can be combined: + $ ./darkhttpd ~/public_html --port 8080 --addr 127.0.0.1 + +To see a full list of commandline options, +run darkhttpd without any arguments: + $ ./darkhttpd |