On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Ingmar Stieger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I digged a bit through the source code, and I am under the impression that a > normal user may not query the service control manager with > PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION. Could this be the case ? >
Look at the source code for 0.3.4 you will find that a process can be opened for readonly functions and perform PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION without problems. That worked on 32 and 64 bits versions of many Windows Servers and XP, so shoudl work in your scenario too, unless that specific user lack the permission to "run and control services" which you will need to check with your sysadmin for that configuration. > _process_name does not return the name and _process_name_dyn_psapi fails as > well. (tested with 0.3.1 and 0.3.3). It looks like OpenProcess can not be > used in this manner... > > In a totally unrelated project [1] I solved what I think you are trying to > do here differently: > I just pass the parameter "-runservice" from SCM in order to determine if > the application should run as service (called from SCM) or as a normal > console application. Maybe this would be an easier approach for > mongrel_service as well ? > Basically mongrel_service inherited code from other project named ServiceFB, which is a framework we created for other purposes at the office. It worked without issues on lot of scenarios, and it automatically determine the running environment so you avoid the requirement to "analyze" the command line. > I would create a proof of concept, but unfortunately, I am not proficient > with FreeBasic... > Actually, it's basic, there are not too many keywords to worry about (ruby has more) and it's like C, I mean, you don't need to hack a lot of stuff to go low level :-) > Bye, > Ingmar HTH, -- Luis Lavena AREA 17 - Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. Douglas Adams _______________________________________________ Mongrel-users mailing list Mongrel-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/mongrel-users
