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Re: cygrunsrv xinetd problem


> > The thing is, I suppose, that it's not the fault of cygrunsrv's logging.
> > It's a problem with xinetd internal logging, according to sources made
by
> > some kind of utility 'xlog' (I haven't heard about it). Precisely, I
think,
> > that the error is raised by function 'msg_init' in file 'msg.c',
somewhere
> > here (i use code cutting):
> >
> > type_of_xlog = XLOG_FILELOG ;
> > xh = xlog_create( type_of_xlog, program_name,
> >              XLOG_PRINT_ID + XLOG_PRINT_PID,
> >              filelog_option_arg, LOG_OPEN_FLAGS, LOG_FILE_MODE ) ;
> > if ( xh == NULL )
> >   if ( type_of_xlog == XLOG_FILELOG )
> >     return( "can't open log file" ) ;
> >
> > As, i don't have 'xlog' sources, I don't know what is the exact path of
> > the trouble-making log file. However, I suspect that it might be a
problem
> > of doubling the logfile: cygrunsrv opens /var/log/xinetd.log to write
his
> > messages, and next xinetd tries to open the same file for his logging.
> >
> > How do you think, is it possible, and if so, what should I do to
overcome
> > the problem?
>
> Well, if you really think it's a clash between cygrunsrv's log and
> xinetd's one, you can instruct cygrunsrv to use a different log name using
> the "-1" and "-2" cygrunsrv arguments (see "cygrunsrv --help" for
> details).

Yes, this helps, after these three lines:
$ cygrunsrv -R xinetd
$ cygrunsrv -I xinetd -p /usr/sbin/xinetd -d 'CYGWIN xinetd' -1 /dev/null -2
/dev/null
$ cygrunsrv -S xinetd
xinetd service runs just well.

Thanks for help

Marcin Lewandowski
http://www.ii.uj.edu.pl/~lewandow



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