Starting Apache for Cygwin as a service

[Andrew DeFaria]

Dylan Cuthbert wrote:

> I had this problem too.
>
> It is caused by apache forking itself and killing its parent, ie. the 
> original task the service manager starts up, then the service manager 
> thinks that apache has aborted and reports the error, and closes down 
> the entire process.
>
> At least to my understanding it is *something* like that.

Yes. I also had this problem with exim when using cygrunsrv. With exim 
there was a parameter that I could use to tell it run in a more "normal" 
daemon mode. However with Apache there is no such parameter, hence the 
question.

> The way to get around this problem is to use a tool called Invoker.exe 
> that wraps this kind of linux-like daemon behaviour, the instructions 
> are here http://www.student.uni-koeln.de/cygwin/Howto/NT-service/

Using this invoker, having to create another user and assign it special 
rights, etc, seems like a real bother especially when even this solution 
doesn't solve the "net stop apache" problem.

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> "Andrew DeFaria" <ADeFaria@Salira.com> wrote in message
> news:3D519F95.8080908@Salira.com...
>
>> 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?
>>
>>
>>
>>
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