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On Tue, 19 Jun 2007, Igor Peshansky wrote:
> <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTWLL>. Thanks.
>
> On Sat, 16 Jun 2007, "Tilman Schröder" wrote:
>
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I just spend some frunstrating hours on figuring out how to run a
> > self-compiled cygwin mysql daemon as a service (win xp).
> >
> > first of all:
> > using cygrunsrv.exe did not work for me, I do not know why, the problem
> > is that there is no error log file for cygrunsrv or i am too stupid and
> > did not found the log file
>
> Check the Windows Event Log (under "My Computer"->"Manage", or whatever
> the Deutsche equivalent is).
>
> You did not tell us what command you are using to install mysql as service
> (with cygrunsrv). Also, you didn't provide the error you are getting from
> cygrunsrv on the console (you must be getting something, even if it's
> "service not started").
>
> Another option is to install syslog-ng and run that as a service. Then
> all errors will be logged wherever you configure them to be (e.g., in
> /var/log/mysqld.log)...
>
> > then i tried this:
> >
> > C:\Programme\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -login -i -c "/usr/local/mysql/libexec/mysqlmanager.exe --run-as-service &"
> >
> > this command opens up 3 console windows which are being closed
> > immediately again and after this, the mysql-server runs in the
> > background!
>
> The console windows are the consequence of the implicit -mconsole. If you
> compile with -mwindows instead, you'll lose the ability to display
> messages on the console, so that's probably not a good option.
>
> > it's not a very good solution because this is no real
> > service but just a command which can be put into the Autostart folder
> > ... and now we have got a problem when more than one real windows user
> > is logged in ...
> >
> > Does anyone know how to start the cygwin mysql server as a windows
> > service ???
> > Would be very nice if somebody knew the trick ...
>
> Sure -- use cygrunsrv. Beyond that, you need to check various permissions
> (cygrunsrv will run as SYSTEM), and make sure the paths are in order, etc
> (e.g., c:\cygwin\bin needs to be in the PATH unless mysqld is in /bin).
Forgot to mention: cygrunsrv is a wrapper to run a non-service (console)
program as a service. That means that you'll need to put mysqld in
non-daemon mode. Either that, or explore the --pid option of cygrunsrv
(read the man page and the description in the User's Guide).
Igor
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