>>>>> Vince writes:
>> > However, when I start the service from either the services
>> console or with:
>> >
>> > # cygrunsrv --start slapd
>> >
>> > It will start and then stop after about 5 seconds. When
>> checking the
>> > Application event log, I found this:
>> >
>> > "The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( slapd ) cannot be
>> > found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry
>> > information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote
>> > computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to
>> retrieve this description; see Help and Support for details.
>> > The following information is part of the event: slapd : PID
>> 2888 : slapd stopped.."
>> >
>> > However, if I manually start it by using the following:
>> >
>> > # /usr/sbin/slpad -h ldaps:///
>> >
>> > It works fine. Anyone know the reson why it fails? Is there anyway
>> > that it can be run from the init scripts?
>> >
> Install the sysV init package and install that to run as a service. That
> way you can run all your cygwin daemons as you would under *nix, using
> init scripts.
That's what I'm doing with slapd too. Starting slapd works fine but
stopping it when stopping init doesn't work. So I always stop it with
kill -HUP `cat /var/openldap/run/slapd.pid`` in my cygwin shutdown script.
Ciao
Volker
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