More info: I just installed the official 2.0.28 msi installer, and (of course) put it into a different directory from the one into which I installed the 2.0.28 binary I built myself. The httpd.conf configuration is identical except for Listen (7171 vs. 7070), the server name, and the directory locations. The service is configured (by default) to logon as the LocalSystem account, and the install directory has the usual "full control for everyone" permissions as inherited from the root directory, all of which is exactly the way I had the locally-built version configured, at least initially.
Although the installer did *not* install the service, I did so using -k install, then I fired up ApacheMonitor and started up the service from there. IT WORKS. So now my question is: what is the difference between the binaries I built and the binaries ASF built, and why? What exactly is causing the service-based configuration to fail in my build, but not in the ASF build? Since at least one other person has the same problem, there must be something there. I can't reply on the ASF-supplied binary, because I'm developing something that will require a custom-built binary. FYI, I did my local build using VC 6.0, using the InstallBin target in the IDE, using all the project files as they came from the zip archive. -----Original Message----- From: Dave Seidel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 3:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: problem running 2.0.28 as Win2k service (was 2.0.18) This is precisely the same as what I'm seeing, the only difference being that I built from the 2.0.28 archive. -----Original Message----- From: Dwayne Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 3:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: problem running 2.0.28 as Win2k service (was 2.0.18) I just compiled the latest CVS tree under Win32. Runs fine when started as a normal user from command line. However, I see the following error when trying to start the service as an administrator. I have installed the service prior to this with no apparent errors (it appears in the services manager). D:\Apache2>bin\apache -k start -n Apache2 Starting the Apache2 service [Tue Dec 11 15:32:33 2001] [crit] (23497)Overlapped I/O operation is in progress : Apache2: Failed to start the service process. There are no errors in the log files Using net start Apache2 simply reports that service could not start
