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Re: 1.5.19: cygrunsrv problem running Apache under user nobody


Gerry Reno wrote:
Today I tried starting httpd with cygrunsrv with similar results:

$ cygrunsrv -S httpd
cygrunsrv: Error starting a service: QueryServiceStatus:  Win32 error
1062:
The service has not been started.


greno@RENOG11-WIN01 ~/docs $ ps -efl UID PID PPID TTY STIME COMMAND greno 3404 1 con 22:46:08 /usr/bin/bash nobody 1420 1 ? 16:49:41 /usr/sbin/httpd nobody 2800 1420 ? 16:49:42 /usr/sbin/httpd nobody 2828 1420 ? 16:49:42 /usr/sbin/httpd nobody 2248 1420 ? 16:49:42 /usr/sbin/httpd nobody 1264 1420 ? 16:49:42 /usr/sbin/httpd nobody 3208 1420 ? 16:49:42 /usr/sbin/httpd greno 2736 3404 con 16:49:47 /usr/bin/ps

As you can see the service does start even though it is reporting that
it is not started.  Am I configuring something wrong?


Good question. You might want to start here:

Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html

Also, you need to make sure that the user you created has all the proper permissions httpd needs to run as a service. If it needs to switch user contexts, etc., this is important. I should point out that adding such a new user is a security hole, if that's a concern for you. Perhaps you'll just want to try getting this working with the default SYSTEM user. If that works, you can backtrack from there. You can also consult the openssh ssh-host-config script. You can follow the steps it uses to create a new user with the proper permissions to run sshd on W2K3 (where SYSTEM doesn't have the proper permissions).

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