X-Git-Url: https://code.citadel.org/?p=citadel.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=webcit%2Fwebserver.c;h=23043c840f4da4d48a8467e9eecbf478c3ce4c34;hp=4416b9da3f50d2755c3d453a7005fd6754dcf6a1;hb=37cdd9932e7854c7bde2b83a0b4f5f6aad105306;hpb=34b4acf39cd04a4370eba5806379003a0de48330

diff --git a/webcit/webserver.c b/webcit/webserver.c
index 4416b9da3..23043c840 100644
--- a/webcit/webserver.c
+++ b/webcit/webserver.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1996-2020 by the citadel.org team
+ * Copyright (c) 1996-2021 by the citadel.org team
  *
  * This program is open source software.  You can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3.
@@ -246,8 +246,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	syslog(LOG_NOTICE, "GNU General Public License for more details.");
 	syslog(LOG_NOTICE, " ");
 
-	/* initialize various subsystems */
+	/* run from the webcit home directory */
+	if (chdir(webcitdir) != 0) {
+		syslog(LOG_ERR, "webcit: %s: %m", webcitdir);
+		exit(errno);
+	}
 
+	/* initialize various subsystems */
 	initialise_modules();
 	initialise2_modules();
 	InitTemplateCache();