Getting lighthttpd placeholder page instead of new unblock page

willrun4fun · January 4, 2017, 9:07am

This is on an ubuntu 16.04 that I had to purge apache from previously.

DL6ER · January 4, 2017, 10:56am

A quick fix for you could be to go to

pi-hole/pi-hole/blob/master/advanced/index.php#L17


*  Please see LICENSE file for your rights under this license. */

// Sanitize SERVER_NAME output
$serverName = htmlspecialchars($_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"]);
// Remove external ipv6 brackets if any
$serverName = preg_replace('/^\[(.*)\]$/', '${1}', $serverName);

if (!is_file("/etc/pihole/setupVars.conf"))
  die("[ERROR] File not found: <code>/etc/pihole/setupVars.conf</code>");

// Get values from setupVars.conf
$setupVars = parse_ini_file("/etc/pihole/setupVars.conf");
$svPasswd = !empty($setupVars["WEBPASSWORD"]);
$svEmail = (!empty($setupVars["ADMIN_EMAIL"]) && filter_var($setupVars["ADMIN_EMAIL"], FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) ? $setupVars["ADMIN_EMAIL"] : "";
unset($setupVars);

// Set landing page location, found within /var/www/html/
$landPage = "../landing.php";

// Define array for hostnames to be accepted as self address for splash page
$authorizedHosts = [ "localhost" ];

and change this to

	$showPage = false;

willrun4fun · January 4, 2017, 11:29am

where is this file? Will this possibly make the proper page come up or disable it?

DL6ER · January 4, 2017, 11:30am

It'll do what you have asked for in the title of this post:

Getting lighthttpd placeholder page instead of new unblock page

i.e. you will get an empty page.

Look at /var/www/html/pihole/

willrun4fun · January 4, 2017, 11:36am

I guess I am trying to get the proper unblock page to display. I am not getting it now, I just get the lighthttpd placeholder instead.

DL6ER · January 4, 2017, 11:37am

Aha, so I misunderstood that.

Is your /var/www/html/pihole/index.php identical to the one I posted above?

willrun4fun · January 4, 2017, 11:40am

There is alot more in there, but the portion you posted looks the same.

DL6ER · January 4, 2017, 11:42am

Okay, does your /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf has this line?

github.com

pi-hole/pi-hole/blob/master/advanced/lighttpd.conf.debian#L24


#              CHANGES SHOULD BE MADE IN A SEPARATE CONFIG FILE:              #
#                         /etc/lighttpd/external.conf                         #
###############################################################################

server.modules = (
    "mod_access",
    "mod_accesslog",
    "mod_auth",
    "mod_expire",
    "mod_compress",
    "mod_redirect",
    "mod_setenv",
    "mod_rewrite"
)

server.document-root        = "/var/www/html"
server.error-handler-404    = "/pihole/index.php"
server.upload-dirs          = ( "/var/cache/lighttpd/uploads" )
server.errorlog             = "/var/log/lighttpd/error.log"
server.pid-file             = "/run/lighttpd.pid"
server.username             = "www-data"

willrun4fun · January 4, 2017, 11:44am

yes. that line is there.

DL6ER · January 4, 2017, 11:46am

so what happens if you open doubleclick.net? Just a blank page (completely empty) or is there some code coming up (try to access the page source).

willrun4fun · January 4, 2017, 11:48am

I get a page like this (not exact as I offsite at the moment). I have to be away from the computer for a couple of hours here, will check back in as soon as I can.

DL6ER · January 4, 2017, 11:53am

Verify that your lighttpd.conf is completely identical to

github.com

pi-hole/pi-hole/blob/master/advanced/lighttpd.conf.debian

# Pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements
# (c) 2017 Pi-hole, LLC (https://pi-hole.net)
# Network-wide ad blocking via your own hardware.
#
# Lighttpd config for Pi-hole
#
# This file is copyright under the latest version of the EUPL.
# Please see LICENSE file for your rights under this license.

###############################################################################
#     FILE AUTOMATICALLY OVERWRITTEN BY PI-HOLE INSTALL/UPDATE PROCEDURE.     #
# ANY CHANGES MADE TO THIS FILE AFTER INSTALL WILL BE LOST ON THE NEXT UPDATE #
#                                                                             #
#              CHANGES SHOULD BE MADE IN A SEPARATE CONFIG FILE:              #
#                         /etc/lighttpd/external.conf                         #
###############################################################################

server.modules = (
    "mod_access",
    "mod_accesslog",

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willrun4fun · January 4, 2017, 12:01pm

I pasted that in and still get the lighthttpd placeholder page. Rebooted pihole and still get it as well.

DL6ER · January 4, 2017, 12:05pm

Then there has to be another config file in that directory which sets this page.

Compare with my result:

ls /etc/lighttpd/*
/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf

/etc/lighttpd/conf-available:
05-auth.conf         10-evasive.conf  10-flv-streaming.conf  10-simple-vhost.conf  10-userdir.conf      90-debian-doc.conf
10-accesslog.conf    10-evhost.conf   10-no-www.conf         10-ssi.conf           10-usertrack.conf    README
10-cgi.conf          10-expire.conf   10-proxy.conf          10-ssl.conf           11-extforward.conf
10-dir-listing.conf  10-fastcgi.conf  10-rrdtool.conf        10-status.conf        15-fastcgi-php.conf

/etc/lighttpd/conf-enabled:
10-fastcgi.conf  15-fastcgi-php.conf

You can ignore the /etc/lighttpd/conf-available folder contents.

willrun4fun · January 4, 2017, 1:58pm

andy@ubuntu1:~$ ls /etc/lighttpd/*
/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf      /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf.dpkg-dist
/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf.atr  /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf.orig

/etc/lighttpd/conf-available:
05-auth.conf         10-evhost.conf         10-proxy.conf         10-status.conf       90-debian-doc.conf
10-accesslog.conf    10-expire.conf         10-rrdtool.conf       10-userdir.conf      README
10-cgi.conf          10-fastcgi.conf        10-simple-vhost.conf  10-usertrack.conf
10-dir-listing.conf  10-flv-streaming.conf  10-ssi.conf           11-extforward.conf
10-evasive.conf      10-no-www.conf         10-ssl.conf           15-fastcgi-php.conf

/etc/lighttpd/conf-enabled:
10-fastcgi.conf  15-fastcgi-php.conf

DL6ER · January 4, 2017, 2:02pm

Try removing those three files:

/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf.dpkg-dist
/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf.atr
/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf.orig

and restarting lighttpd afterwards

willrun4fun · January 4, 2017, 2:11pm

Still just getting the placeholder.

DL6ER · January 4, 2017, 2:13pm

Go to /var/www/html/ and remove all files except the two folders

ls /var/www/html/
admin  pihole

willrun4fun · January 4, 2017, 2:14pm

Winner! That did it. There was an
index.lighthttpd.html in there

DL6ER · January 4, 2017, 2:14pm

Glad it works now for you!