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Re: Remove cygwin services
- From: Jason FU <tsfu at hkucs dot org>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 08:31:58 +0000 (UTC)
- Subject: Re: Remove cygwin services
- References: <loom.20050812T084653-945@post.gmane.org> <49055.6676559665$1123834948@news.gmane.org>
Herb Martin <HerbM <at> learnquick.com> writes:
>
> > [mailto:cygwin-owner <at> cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Jason FU
> > What do I do in order to remove installed services of cygwin
> > like sshd, init and so on?
> >
>
> [ I am new to cygwin so factor this into my answer...]
>
> cygrunsrv -R SERVICE_NAME
>
> Example: cygrunsrv -R sshd
>
> You may also use the Windows services.msc Control Panel
> to "disable" or set a service to "manual".
>
> Note that manual service MAY still run if some other service
> starts them -- manual doesn't mean a user/admin must start
> them, only that the OS will not start them automatically
> unless requested to do so by another process or by an actual
> manual user/admin request.
>
> I have been unable to use cygrunsrv to "modify" a service;
> so far, I have always removed the service and re-added it.
>
> --
> Herb Martin
>
>
root@ITO2 ~
$ cygrunsrv.exe -R sshd
cygrunsrv: Error removing a service: QueryServiceStatus: Win32 error 1053:
The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.
root@ITO2 ~
$ cygrunsrv.exe -R init
cygrunsrv: Error removing a service: QueryServiceStatus: Win32 error 1053:
The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.
By root, I mean this is an administrator a/c.
Jason
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