did you try start it simply with python web2py.py -a password
or nohup python web2py.py -a password & Does it work fine in these cases? On Dec 17, 4:59 pm, ghoulmann <rikgold...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm thankful this community is here. I'm working on a project for the > Sahana-Eden team [1]. It calls for running web2py as a service. I was > thankful to find documentation in the 3rd edition Official Web2py Book > [2]. Sadly, when I follow the docs I can't get the service running. / > etc/init.d/web2py start returns no errors; restart returns no errors, > and status returns nothing. Netstat tells me the interface isn't > listening on port 8000. > > I did use the scripts/web2py.ubuntu.sh script, and did as instructed > in the documentation. I made changes to some of the paramaters near > the top of the script; I've made it available as a pastebin [3]. > > I've double-checked the daemon directory, and believe it to be > correct. I have created web2py user with no password (using useradd); > as web2py is new to me, I'm not sure that's necessary, but it has been > done. Web2py has precisely the same mode as a working service (webmin > in this case) and is owned root:root. Mode is rwxr-xr-x. > > I would be very grateful for any guidance, suggestions, improvements, > encouragement you can offer. > > Ultimately, it's the high school students that have committed to the > project that will benefit - I'm in unfamiliar territory and learning > along with them. > > Rik > > [1]http://eden.sahanafoundation.org/wiki/BluePrintlivecdinstaller > [2]http://web2py.com/book/default/chapter/11#Start-as-Linux-Daemon > [3]http://pastebin.com/9Uz45k3G
