cygserver won't start after update

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Forgive me if this is a FAQ; I checked the FAQ, the User's Guide, and the mailiing list archive without turning up anything that looked promising. ,[ Problem Summary ] | I updated my cygwin installation on 2004-11-15; since then, I can't run | Pos

Re: cygserver won't start (FAQ alert)

On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 09:43:26 -0400 (EDT), Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > > > > Umm, a couple of minor nits. First off, I think mentioning the option of > re-running setup.exe and selecting "Install For All Users" would be > helpful to those who don't like rando

Re: cygserver won't start (FAQ alert)

On Wed, 29 Sep 2004, Joshua Daniel Franklin wrote: > On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 13:25:06 -0400 (EDT), Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > > > David, this is definitely an FAQ, but there is nothing in the FAQ about > > services (other than the "how do I install snapshots" entry). Should we > > add something along

Re: cygserver won't start (FAQ alert)[SOLVED]

Larry Hall wrote: True but you won't see a difference. When you say "Task Scheduler", you mean the Windows service/utility, right? Just curious. There's the same issue with 'cron' and any service that runs under "SYSTEM". It has no access to shares that require authentication to access. So yo

Re: cygserver won't start (FAQ alert)

On Wed, Sep 29, 2004 at 10:25:23PM -0700, Joshua Daniel Franklin wrote: >Well, I updated that FAQ. I left out the registry-permission bits >since it seemed superfluous. KISS! > > Thanks for doing this and welcome back from vacation. cgf -- Unsubscribe info:

Re: cygserver won't start (FAQ alert)

On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 13:25:06 -0400 (EDT), Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > David, this is definitely an FAQ, but there is nothing in the FAQ about > services (other than the "how do I install snapshots" entry). Should we > add something along the lines: > > Why don't my services work? > > Most Wi

Re: cygserver won't start (FAQ alert)[SOLVED]

At 01:57 PM 9/29/2004, you wrote: >Igor Pechtchanski wrote: >>>One thing, when I installed this cygwin I checked the "Install For Just Me" >>>option. Could this have anything to do with it? >> >>Bingo. As I was reading your message, I thought "he should check that he >>has system mounts". You've

Re: cygserver won't start (FAQ alert)[SOLVED]

Igor Pechtchanski wrote: One thing, when I installed this cygwin I checked the "Install For Just Me" option. Could this have anything to do with it? Bingo. As I was reading your message, I thought "he should check that he has system mounts". You've just confirmed that you don't. Re-mount all of

Re: cygserver won't start (FAQ alert)

On Wed, 29 Sep 2004, Michael Hipp wrote: > Brian Dessent wrote: > > Hmm. You should also check that /etc/cygserver.conf is readable by > > SYSTEM and that /var/log/cygserver.log is readable and writable by > > SYSTEM. You could always just do "chown SYSTEM:root" and "chmod 644" on > > them if un

Re: cygserver won't start

Brian Dessent wrote: Hmm. You should also check that /etc/cygserver.conf is readable by SYSTEM and that /var/log/cygserver.log is readable and writable by SYSTEM. You could always just do "chown SYSTEM:root" and "chmod 644" on them if unsure, but I suspect they're fine. Well, you're on the right

Re: cygserver won't start

Alder wrote: Michael Hipp wrote:: Hello, I realize this topic was discussed at length quite recently but in all those posts I was not able to discern a solution. That would have been my original post that spawned that thread, Michael. In the end, it appeared to be related to my PATH variable c

Re: cygserver won't start

Michael Hipp wrote:: Hello, I realize this topic was discussed at length quite recently but in all those posts I was not able to discern a solution. That would have been my original post that spawned that thread, Michael. In the end, it appeared to be related to my PATH variable contents. Can

Re: cygserver won't start

Michael Hipp wrote: > > Brian Dessent wrote: > > > Michael Hipp wrote: > >>"starting service `cygserver' failed: execv: 1, Operation not permitted." > >> > >>Any clue what this trying to tell me. > > > > > > What are the permissions and ownership for /usr/sbin/cygserver.exe? > > Windows reports

Re: cygserver won't start

Brian Dessent wrote: Michael Hipp wrote: "starting service `cygserver' failed: execv: 1, Operation not permitted." Any clue what this trying to tell me. What are the permissions and ownership for /usr/sbin/cygserver.exe? Windows reports "Full Control" for Everyone (including Read & Execute). Curr

Re: cygserver won't start

Michael Hipp wrote: > Thanks. /var/log/cygserver.log is empty. The only slightly helpful thing > in the Event log looks like this: > > "starting service `cygserver' failed: execv: 1, Operation not permitted." > > Any clue what this trying to tell me. What are the permissions and ownership for /

Re: cygserver won't start

Brian Dessent wrote: Michael Hipp wrote: I realize this topic was discussed at length quite recently but in all those posts I was not able to discern a solution. I installed cygserver with 'cygserver-config'. But starting the service produces: cygrunsrv: Error starting a service: QueryServiceStatu

Re: cygserver won't start

Michael Hipp wrote: > I realize this topic was discussed at length quite recently but in all > those posts I was not able to discern a solution. > > I installed cygserver with 'cygserver-config'. > > But starting the service produces: > cygrunsrv: Error starting a service: QueryServiceStatus: W

cygserver won't start

Hello, I realize this topic was discussed at length quite recently but in all those posts I was not able to discern a solution. I installed cygserver with 'cygserver-config'. But starting the service produces: cygrunsrv: Error starting a service: QueryServiceStatus: Win32 error 1062: The service