Starting Apache for Cygwin as a service

[Andrew DeFaria]

Dylan Cuthbert wrote:

> I don't remember having to create another user and assign different 
> rights.
>
> I just ran Invoker pointing to the apache executable.
>
> It was really easy.

Still doesn't solve the "net stop Apache" problem though.

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> "Andrew DeFaria" <ADeFaria@Salira.com> wrote in message
> news:3D52FE7B.9040203@Salira.com...
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>> 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.
>>
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> ---------------------------------
>>> Q-Games, Dylan Cuthbert.
>>> http://www.q-games.com
>>> P2P internet radio - http://www.peercast.org
>>>
>>>
>>> "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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