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Re: Invoker question


On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 05:11:47PM -0700, Karl M wrote:
> Hi All...
> 
> I will now answer my own question.
> 
> sshd wants (I could hear it talk to me) the -D option to be provided when 
> run as a service (SrvAny, Invoker, ...) on WinNT/Win2000. The -D option 
> prevents sshd from forking and detaching (which is a good thing in the *nix 
> world). Instead, the process stays under the control of the service wrapper 
> (SrvAny, Invoker, ...), so it can be stopped and started at will.
> 
> I have tested this with SrvAny. I believe it will resolve the problem I had 
> with Invoker as well. I will check it tomorrow.

I have tested it now with SRVANY as well and the solution is
surprisingly simple. I was not aware of that -D option. Thanks
for pointing this out. I will add that information to the
OpenSSH README file for the next version.

Corinna

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