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Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 23:34:07 +0000
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From: David Starks-Browning <starksb AT ebi DOT ac DOT uk>
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To: "Muraru, Vladimir" <Vladimir DOT Muraru AT kla-tencor DOT com>
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Subject: Problems installing rshd as a service on win2000
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On Wednesday 31 Oct 01, Muraru, Vladimir writes:
> Hi,
> I downloaded and installed all the cygwin suite, we especially need
> rsh in order for our software to work properly. The problem is win2000
> Rsh is completelly unreliable, the service stop very often.
> I successfully installed inetd, but I wasn't able to install rshd as
> a service.
> I used cygrunsrv.exe to install the service and to start it after.
> When trying to start, it won't start, saying that it "cannot be started,
> and the service did not return an error, and that could be an internal
> Windows error or an internal service error".
> I install it with:
> cygrunsrv --install rshd --path /usr/sbin/in.rshd.exe

That's not how you start rshd.  Inetd invokes rshd according to
/etc/inetd.conf.  Did you read /usr/doc/Cygwin/inetutils-<ver>.README?
And the inetd (8) man page?

Regards,
David


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