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Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 19:19:43 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
To: Marcin Lewandowski <lewandom AT op DOT pl>
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Subject: Re: cygrunsrv xinetd problem
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On Tue, 31 Aug 2004, Marcin Lewandowski wrote:

> > > > Then, I tried running:
> > > > $ cygrunsrv -S xinetd
> > > > but, the same story, error 1062. So, as you suggested, i made:
> > > > $ chmod a+rx *
> > > > in directories /bin and /usr/sbin. That didn't help, but now when I look at
> > > > /var/log/xinetd.log, I don't see nothing, but a couple of lines:
> > > >   xinetd: msg_init failed: can't open log file
> > >
> > > Yes, the log file problem wouldn't show up in the SYSTEM-owned shell,
> > > unless you also tried to redirect std{out,err} to /var/log/xinetd.log
> > > (i.e., run "/usr/sbin/xinetd >>/var/log/xinetd.log 2>&1", which is
> > > essentially what cygrunsrv does).
> >
> > I tried doing this, and xinetd runs with no problems.
>
> The thing is, I suppose, that it's not the fault of cygrunsrv's logging.
> It's a problem with xinetd internal logging, according to sources made by
> some kind of utility 'xlog' (I haven't heard about it). Precisely, I think,
> that the error is raised by function 'msg_init' in file 'msg.c', somewhere
> here (i use code cutting):
>
> type_of_xlog = XLOG_FILELOG ;
> xh = xlog_create( type_of_xlog, program_name,
>              XLOG_PRINT_ID + XLOG_PRINT_PID,
>              filelog_option_arg, LOG_OPEN_FLAGS, LOG_FILE_MODE ) ;
> if ( xh == NULL )
>   if ( type_of_xlog == XLOG_FILELOG )
>     return( "can't open log file" ) ;
>
> As, i don't have 'xlog' sources, I don't know what is the exact path of
> the trouble-making log file. However, I suspect that it might be a problem
> of doubling the logfile: cygrunsrv opens /var/log/xinetd.log to write his
> messages, and next xinetd tries to open the same file for his logging.
>
> How do you think, is it possible, and if so, what should I do to overcome
> the problem?

Well, if you really think it's a clash between cygrunsrv's log and
xinetd's one, you can instruct cygrunsrv to use a different log name using
the "-1" and "-2" cygrunsrv arguments (see "cygrunsrv --help" for
details).
HTH,
	Igor
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