Please see item 2 again. Do not include *ANY* quotes around -D when passed as an argument to '--args'.
I am writing now to say that this behavior has been fixed. Since the last time I wrote, I have upgraded 'bash' to the latest version. I am guessing that this fixed the problem. $ cygcheck -c bash Cygwin Package Information Package Version Status bash 3.1-6 OK Still, you might want to try leaving off the quotes to the (single) argument to '--args'. And do not include any additional arguments, such as '-ddd'. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Dunn Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 10:50 AM Subject: Re: Win2003 server and cron/sshd as services (1.5.19) On #2, what the heck? :) I'm not saying that you are wrong about the behaivor, but the shell ought to have striped the quotes (single or double) before handing the args to cygrunsrv. Regardless, I tested cron again using the single quotes, and it behaves the same. > 2. In my earlier code, I had provided the following option to > the cygrunsrv program: --args "-D" > > Note the double quotes around the '-D', above. I never would > have suspected it, but those double quotes -- when used to > install the cron service -- will cause cygrunsrv to fail when > attempting to start cron. This surprised me because I use > the double quotes around '-D' when starting sshd. In the case > of starting 'sshd' the double quotes do not cause any problem. > Going forward, for consistency, I have no quotes around '-D' > for either 'cron' or 'sshd'. > > Can anyone else on the Cygwin mailing list test this behavior? > Here are the prerequisites: Windows 2003 and an 'sshd_server' > user account in your /etc/passwd (usually created by the script > named 'ssh-host-config'), with a corresponding password for that > special user account. > > The following command consistently fails: > > cygrunsrv --install cron --path /usr/sbin/cron --shutdown --args "-D" > \ > --disp "Cygwin cron" --desc "Cygwin vixie-cron service" \ > --user sshd_server --passwd your-fine-password; > > The following command consistently works: > > cygrunsrv --install cron --path /usr/sbin/cron --shutdown --args -D \ > --disp "Cygwin cron" --desc "Cygwin vixie-cron service" \ > --user sshd_server --passwd your-fine-password; -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
