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