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Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:27:04 -0500
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Subject: Re: recovery for cygrunsrv service
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On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 12:30 AM, Terry <td3201 AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a windows service that execs the ssh command to build a reverse
> SSH tunnel. =A0It works great. =A0However, I want to build logic in that
> if, for any reason, the service fails, it recovers. =A0For example, I
> killed the ssh process on the remote side and I get an event in the
> local app log that says:
>
> Event Type: =A0 =A0Information
> Event Source: =A0 =A0sshservice
> Event Category: =A0 =A0None
> Event ID: =A0 =A00
> Date: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A06/25/2010
> Time: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A012:11:16 AM
> User: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0foo
> Computer: =A0 =A0server
> Description:
> The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( sshservice ) cannot be
> found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry
> information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote
> computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE=3D flag to retrieve this
> description; see Help and Support for details. The following
> information is part of the event: sshservice: PID 976: `sshservice'
> service stopped, exit status: 255.
>
> I configured the basic recovery options in the service tab but they
> aren't working in this case. =A0The service stays stopped. =A0What do I
> have to do?
>
> Thanks!
>

Sorry for wasting bits.  I guess this is the whole point of autossh.
:)    I'm new to the ssh port forwarding world.

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