Issues with ihttpd

Issue

If "Failed to start daemon" or "Failed to become daemon" errors occur when starting ihttpd, an error in /dev/null may be the cause.

Solution

To eliminate the error:

1. Check the format, owner, and rights of the /dev/null file:

   ls -alh /dev/null && file /dev/null

   An example of response

   crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 3 May 17 12:36 /dev/null
   /dev/null: character special

2. If the response to the command does not match the response in the example, remove the /dev/null file and recreate it:

   rm -f /dev/null && mknod /dev/null c 1 3 && chmod 666 /dev/null

3. Stop the running ihttpd processes:

   killall ihttpd

4. Start ihttpd:

   systemctl start ihttpd

   or

   service ihttpd start