alejandro, thanks for replying. The status report is quite short:
pi@pigate:~ $ sudo /etc/init.d/webiopi start
[ ok ] Starting webiopi (via systemctl): webiopi.service.
pi@pigate:~ $ sudo /etc/init.d/webiopi status
● webiopi.service - LSB: WebIOPi initscript
Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/webiopi; generated; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Wed 2019-02-27 18:29:26 CST; 13s ago
Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
Process: 1243 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/webiopi start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
CGroup: /system.slice/webiopi.service
└─1251 /usr/bin/python3 -m webiopi -l /var/log/webiopi -c /etc/webiopi/config
Feb 27 18:29:26 pigate systemd[1]: Starting LSB: WebIOPi initscript...
Feb 27 18:29:26 pigate systemd[1]: Started LSB: WebIOPi initscript.
I' m hoping this will shed some light...