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Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 09:02:51 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: tilt <thierrygrandjean AT hotmail DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Error in launching service (apache) installed by cygrunsrv
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On Fri, 10 Oct 2003, tilt wrote:

> I launch appache succesfuly on my Windows 2000  by :
> /usr/sbin/apachectl start
>
> I can install apache as new servcice on my Windows 2000 :
> cygrunsrv -I svc_http -p /usr/sbin/httpd.exe
>
> I try to launch it :
> cygrunsrv -S svc_http
> Produce trace in /var/log/svc_http.log :
> [Thu Oct  9 16:21:34 2003] [alert] (22)Invalid argument: setuid: unable to
> change to uid: 65535
> [Thu Oct  9 16:21:35 2003] [alert] (22)Invalid argument: setuid: unable to
> change to uid: 65535
> [Thu Oct  9 16:21:35 2003] [alert] (22)Invalid argument: setuid: unable to
> change to uid: 65535
> [Thu Oct  9 16:21:37 2003] [alert] (22)Invalid argument: setuid: unable to
> change to uid: 65535
> [Thu Oct  9 16:21:38 2003] [notice] Apache/1.3.24 (Cygwin) configured --
> resuming normal operations
> [Thu Oct  9 16:21:38 2003] [notice] Accept mutex: pthread (Default: pthread)
> [Thu Oct  9 16:21:38 2003] [alert] Child 476 returned a Fatal error...
> Apache is exiting!
> [Thu Oct  9 16:21:38 2003] [alert] (22)Invalid argument: setuid: unable to
> change to uid: 65535
>
> My current uid  is 400  and I don't found it in /etc/passwd.
> Is it normal ?
> Why launching apache try to change for 65535 uid ?

Exactly because your user is not in /etc/passwd.  You may be able to run
most of Cygwin without a valid /etc/passwd, but it seems you just hit on
one of the things that require it.

Rename your /etc/{passwd,group} to, say, /etc/{passwd,group}.bak, and
reinstall the base-passwd package.  This should create a valid /etc/passwd
for you that contains your current user.  You may also need to add "ntsec"
to your Cygwin environment variable (or, rather, remove "nontsec" if you
have it).
	Igor
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