Index: busybox-1.7.2/networking/httpd.c
===================================================================
--- busybox-1.7.2.orig/networking/httpd.c	2007-10-30 15:35:04.000000000 -0500
+++ busybox-1.7.2/networking/httpd.c	2007-10-30 15:35:04.000000000 -0500
@@ -1618,6 +1618,7 @@
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_HTTPD_BASIC_AUTH
 	int credentials = -1;  /* if not required this is Ok */
 #endif
+	xchdir(home_httpd);
 
 	/* Allocation of iobuf is postponed until now
 	 * (IOW, server process doesn't need to waste 8k) */