/usr/sbin/lighttpd2 -c /etc/lighttpd2/angel.conf The process will not fork into background, you need to do that yourself if you want that. Our recommended way to run lighttpd2 is "runit":http://smarden.org/runit/useinit.html (have a look at the "@contrib/service@":http://git.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/lighttpd2.git/tree/contrib/service directory). ]]>