When installing another web server you might run into problems, because by default the busybox-httpd is already started and port 80 is in use.
You might try to patch busybox to disable the httpd applet, but some other tools depending on it might fail (even fail to compile).
Another solution is to disable automatic startup of busybox-httpd (while keeping the binary in the busybox) such that you are able to start your own web server.
Example after beeing logged into Linux:
root@ccimx6ulsbc:~# ps|grep http
750 root 2904 S /usr/sbin/httpd -h /srv/www
root@ccimx6ulsbc:~# netstat -nlp
Active Internet connections (only servers)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State PID/Program name
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:21 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 802/vsftpd
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:22 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 611/dropbear
tcp 0 0 :::80 :::* LISTEN 750/httpd
tcp 0 0 :::22 :::* LISTEN 611/dropbear
root@ccimx6ulsbc:~# find /etc/ -iname \*httpd\* -exec ls -l {} \;
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 747 Jul 27 21:38 /etc/init.d/busybox-httpd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Jul 27 22:18 /etc/rc0.d/K20busybox-httpd -> ../init.d/busybox-httpd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Jul 27 22:18 /etc/rc1.d/K20busybox-httpd -> ../init.d/busybox-httpd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Jul 27 22:18 /etc/rc2.d/S20busybox-httpd -> ../init.d/busybox-httpd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Jul 27 22:18 /etc/rc3.d/S20busybox-httpd -> ../init.d/busybox-httpd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Jul 27 22:18 /etc/rc4.d/S20busybox-httpd -> ../init.d/busybox-httpd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Jul 27 22:18 /etc/rc5.d/S20busybox-httpd -> ../init.d/busybox-httpd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Jul 27 22:18 /etc/rc6.d/K20busybox-httpd -> ../init.d/busybox-httpd
Since the /etc/rc?.d/S20busybox-httpd startup scripts are all linking to /etc/init.d/busybox-httpd, just remove or rename this file, such that during next boot it will not be found any more, so busybox-httpd will not be started:
# mv /etc/init.d/busybox-httpd /etc/init.d/busybox-httpd.old
# reboot
Last updated:
Jan 01, 2024