Many thanks Marat! This is right on spot. It is just that I'm not familiar with Debian and also I did not know how Vyatta 'fixes' lighttpd. Should I edit any of the (lighttpd) init files to survive a reboot in the furure?
CU Egbert Jan > -----Original Message----- > From: Marat Nepomnyashy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 10:57 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: vyatta-users@mailman.vyatta.com > Subject: Re: [Vyatta-users] Web interface gone... > > > Hi Egbert, > > It sounds like after the package update, lighttpd got > restarted with the > default settings in '/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf', and the default > 'document-root' settings are pointed to '/var/www' instead of > '/var/www/pages'. The reason why you saw the general login > page layout but > not the content when you browsed to http://my-server/pages/ > is because > loading that content depends on 'document-root' to be set to > '/var/www/pages' > > To fix this problem, it is necessary to get lighttpd > restarted with the > Vyatta config file '/opt/vyatta/etc/lighttpd.conf' rather > than the default > config file '/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf'. Do you have the > Vyatta config > file '/opt/vyatta/etc/lighttpd.conf' on your system? > > > To restart lighttpd with proper config file, try the > following sequence of > commands from the root bash shell: > > /etc/init.d/lighttpd stop > /opt/vyatta/sbin/lighttpd.init start > > The above should shut down lighttpd with default settings, > and start it up > again with Vyatta-specific settings. Then try browsing to > the server and > using the GUI again. Hit F5 in your browser just to make > sure that you load > a fresh page. > > Let me know how it goes, > > Thanks, > Marat > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Egbert Jan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <vyatta-users@mailman.vyatta.com> > Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 1:15 PM > Subject: [Vyatta-users] Web interface gone... > > > > Hi, > > > > In an attempt to update my router (was already on 2.2 community > > testing branch), I used the update commands from the > webinterface. So > > far so good. But at a certain point lighttpd got updated (from the > > etch repositry) and now I get a lighttpd welcome page on > port 80 and > > an error on 443 (https). I suspect that /etc/lighttpd.conf was > > modified/replaced and (at least > > DocumentRoot) is wrong. It is now /var/www. Shouldn't it be > > /var/www/pages? > > I have not rebooted yet (more users here at home...). When > I point Firefox > > to http://my-server/pages/ I get an empty login page. The > general layout > > is > > there but no login/password box. What wold be the simplest > way to repair > > the > > web interface? I have still ssh access. > > > > TNX > > Egbert Jan (NL) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Vyatta-users mailing list > > Vyatta-users@mailman.vyatta.com > > http://mailman.vyatta.com/mailman/listinfo/vyatta-users > > > _______________________________________________ Vyatta-users mailing list Vyatta-users@mailman.vyatta.com http://mailman.vyatta.com/mailman/listinfo/vyatta-users
