Just look in include/config.h for tuneable parameters.
You can set the

default port
base dir
max kids
group to change to
when running as root

make or make all
will make the executable. Stick chttpd in /usr/local/bin or /usr/local/sbin
or /usr/bin.

or theres make install
which will stick chttpd in /usr/local/sbin
and chttpd.conf in /etc/

Then run it.

chttpd [-p port] [-h] [-c configfile]

There is an example config file called config.example. It will be copied to
/etc/chttpd.conf when make install is done. Take a look, and you should 
understand the (4 lines) of syntax.

Look at COPYING for license.

have fun,

greg
