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Subject: Re: Updated: cygrunsrv-0.92-2
Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 11:23:48 +1000
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles S. Wilson" <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
To: "Fred Yankowski" <fred AT ontosys DOT com>
Cc: "Corinna Vinschen" <cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com>
Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2001 2:09 AM
Subject: Re: Updated: cygrunsrv-0.92-2


> Fred Yankowski wrote:
>
> >
> > I agree.  We should be able to support the NT-service-management
code
> > in just one place -- cygrunsrv -- rather than duplicating in each
> > separate service.  OTOH, some simple services such as ipc-daemon can
> > run as a single NT process when service-management is integrated
into
> > them.
> Well, eventually IPC services will be supported by cygwin itself,
> coupled with a "cygwin daemon".  THAT daemon should use cygrunsrv.
> CygIPC (and ipc-daemon) are just interim solutions...
> --Chuck

hmm. That daemon may have a chicken-and-egg syndrome. (It may be needed
for proper operation of cygrun - file handles will be 'owned' by it to
prevent some security holes.) So I suspect that there will be:
* Cygwind - the cygwin daemon.
* cygrun - for all the other daemons-as-services.

Rob