Index: src/thttpd.h
--- src/thttpd.h.orig
+++ src/thttpd.h
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@
 ** initializing.  If this user (or the one specified by the -u flag) does
 ** not exist, the program will refuse to run.
 */
-#define DEFAULT_USER "nobody"
+#define DEFAULT_USER "www"
 
 /* CONFIGURE: When started as root, the program can automatically chdir()
 ** to the home directory of the user specified by -u or DEFAULT_USER.