Never mind on the lighttpd question. I figured it out - once I had done "Option A" from http://webwork.maa.org/wiki/Installation_Manual_for_2.7_on_Ubuntu_12.04, it was easy to implement the instructions for lighttpd in localOverrides.conf.
-Hal
Installation
WW 2.7, lighttpd, ApacheSizeLimit
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