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[Scott.Mc]

Change LigHTTPD Version Header

This is a follow on guide from Change Apache Version Header

Unlike Apache I found LigHTTPD has a option in the config that allows you to set the version without any real difficulty. No need to adjust the source and then compile. For those interested src/response.c contains

if (buffer_is_empty(con->conf.server_tag)) {
                BUFFER_APPEND_STRING_CONST(b, "\r\nServer: " PACKAGE_NAME "/" PACKAGE_VERSION);
        } else {
                BUFFER_APPEND_STRING_CONST(b, "\r\nServer: ");
                buffer_append_string_buffer(b, con->conf.server_tag);
        }

Which basically means, if server_tag does not exist return LigHTTPD / Version, or whatever has been set previously, instead of having to adjust this like in Apache, below you will see it will print out what you have set.

So its a simple task of opening lighttpd.conf and adding

server.tag = "HostGeekZ"

Now restart LigHTTPD and it will adjust your version.

Before:

Server: lighttpd/1.4.7

After:

Server: HostGeekZ

An updated version of this guide can be found Here