On Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 01:25:47AM -0600, Philip Flip Kromer wrote: > I have a suggestion for cygrunsrv. > > When you add a Service as a user from the Windows services applet, it > will automatically grant "Log on as Service" rights to that user. > > Cygrunsrv does not automagically grant rights, which is probably a good > thing, but the error message is not specific, which is a bad thing. > When you install the service you get no complaint: > > $ cygrunsrv.exe -I sshd -d "SSHD" -p /usr/sbin/sshd -a "-D" -u me > Enter password of user `HOST\flip': > Reenter, please: > > When you start the service you get > > $ cygrunsrv.exe -S sshd > cygrunsrv.exe: Error starting a service: StartService: > Win32 error 1069: The service did not start due to a logon failure. > > It would be nice if cygrunsrv complained when you _install_ rather than > _start_ the service, if possible. > > Also, cygrunsrv should precisely specify the source of the problem -- > "The given user does not have 'Log on as Service' rights" -- or at least > generically suggest that the user investigate the issue.
That's a good idea. Go ahead and implement it. You can grab the sources by CVS: cvs -d :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvs/cygwin-apps co cygrunsrv and send the patches and a ChangeLog entry to this list. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developer mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
