# Lighttpd on Edgy Eft

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/lighttpd-on-edgy-eft/110426>\
**Category:** Deployment\
**Created:** [July 26, 2007, 8:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/lighttpd-on-edgy-eft/110426 "2007-07-26T08:33:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Hasham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/2bfe46/32.png) [@Hasham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hasham)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 8:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/lighttpd-on-edgy-eft/110426/1 "2007-07-26T08:33:01Z")

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I am new to Lighttpd on ubuntu i have problem in which i cant stop  
server with "sudo /etc/init.d/lighttpd stop " and i have to “killall  
lighttpd” to stop it. how can i resolve this issue?

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**Author:** ![Hasham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/2bfe46/32.png) [@Hasham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hasham)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 11:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/lighttpd-on-edgy-eft/110426/2 "2007-07-28T11:39:55Z")

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Why doesn’t it stop?  
Do you have the scripts required in init.d? where did they come from?  
Do they have execution permissions?

Answer some of those, that might help.  
Otherwise you’ll need to get more specific