This is the NT ResKit way. *Must have the reskit loaded. Install MRTG to run as a Service
Look at Q137890 to install MRTG to run as a service. More or less the below is what it says. Logon to the Server. Click Start, Run and enter in CMD then click OK. Change directory to D:\Program Files\Resource Kit> To create a Windows NT user-defined service, perform the following steps: 1. At the MS-DOS command prompt(running CMD.EXE), type the following command: D:\Program Files\Resource Kit>d:\progra~1\resour~1\instsrv.exe MRTGService d:\progra~1\resour~1\srvany.exe where <path> is the drive and directory of the Windows NT Resource Kit (i.e., C:\RESKIT) and <My Service> is the name of the service you are creating. You should see the conformation message below. The service was successfully added! Make sure that you go into the Control Panel and use the Services applet to change the Account Name and Password that this newly installed service will use for its Security Context. D:\Program Files\Resource Kit> ** NOTE: If this is to be configured in a cluster environment then the Above Q137890 must be run on the other Cluster Server as well. ** 2. Run Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe)and locate the following subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MRTGService 3. From the Edit menu, click Add Key. Key Name: Parameters Class : <leave blank> Type the following and click OK: 4. Select the Parameters key. 5. From the Edit menu, click Add Value. Value Name: Application Data Type : REG_SZ and click OK. >From the String Editor dialog enter in the String : "d:\\mrtg\\bin\\mrtg1.cmd" and click OK. where <path>\<application.ext> is the drive and full path to the application executable including the extension (i.e., C:\WinNT\Notepad.exe) mrtg1.cmd is a batch file: d:\perl\bin\perl f:\mrtg\bin\mrtg f:\mrtg\bin\mrtgsrv.cfg 6. Close Registry Editor. Editor. Reboot the server. Tv -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 1:01 PM To: mrtg ml Subject: [mrtg] Running MRTG as services This may sound like a dumm question. How do I run MRTG .cfg files as services on a "Win2K Proffessional" machine. I had the instructions but don't know what I did with it. -- Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/mrtg FAQ http://faq.mrtg.org Homepage http://www.mrtg.org WebAdmin http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/lsg2.cgi -- Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/mrtg FAQ http://faq.mrtg.org Homepage http://www.mrtg.org WebAdmin http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/lsg2.cgi
