Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: "Stephen C. Biggs" To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 19:38:45 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: Starting Apache for Cygwin as a service Message-ID: <3D517745.3350.10F4FE3@localhost> In-reply-to: <3D519F95.8080908@Salira.com> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-description: Mail message body I think I can answer this one, maybe, from the scars I have trying to get sshd to work on my machine. Make sure that you pass an argument to the apache executable so it doesn't fork itself when it first starts up, much like -D for sshd. I don't know the right option for Apache, and can't take the time right now to look, but I'll bet that this is what is happening. On 7 Aug 2002 at 15:30, Andrew DeFaria wrote: > What is the correct way to start Apache for Cygwin as a Windows service? > According to http://httpd.apache.org/docs/cygwin.html it should be as > simple as: > > $ cygrunsrv -I Apache -p /usr/sbin/httpd > > (Note that page says > > $ cygrunsrv -I service_name-p /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd.exe [-a arguments] \ > [-e VAR=VALUE] [-t auto|manual] [-u user] [-w passwd] > > However there is no /usr/local/apache/httpd but there is a /usr/sbin/httpd) > > When I install the service this way and attempt to start it via > cygrunsrv -S Apache I get the following: > > cygrunsrv: Error starting a service: QueryServiceStatus: Win32 error 1062: > The service has not been started. > > Yet there are httpd processes started. Additionally the Apache service > in Windows Services applet does not show as Started thus cannot be > stopped. Further a cygrunsrv -E Apache does not stop the httpd's but > apachectl stop will stop them. Two cygrunsrv -S Apache will result in > multiple httpd threads being started and an apachectl stop will only > stop one of the threads. > > Starting the service the "Windows" way via the Services applet will yield: > > The Apache service on Local Computer started and then stopped. Some > services stop automatically if they have no work to do, for example, > the Performance Logs and Alerts service. > > And, again, the service is not listed as started thus not stoppable via > the Services applet. > > So what is the appropriate cygrunsrv command to install Apache for > Cygwin as a Windows service? > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/