After some searches I've found a possible way to accomplish what I want using two executables provided as part of the Microsotf 2003 Resource Kits, namely Instsrv and Srvany (heck, windows utilities have wonderful names).
Here is a tutorial to setup Trac as standalone using them : http://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/TracOnWindowsStandalone I could include them in my installer to make it follow the same procedure. I'm going to try this approach - just tell me if there's an other and more adapted way to proceed : windows development is unkown territory to me. Thanks in advance, Denis. On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 7:05 PM, Denis Hovart <dhov...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > I'm creating an application that needs to run CherryPy as a background > service. > It currently works fine in Linux and Mac OS X, but I'm a bit struggling to > make the windows version as I'm new to win development. > > My code is a barely modified version of what can be found here : > http://tools.cherrypy.org/wiki/WindowsService > I've compiled it using py2exe and can run it without any problem logged as > an administrator. > The thing is that when I try to install the service on a default user > account, I get an error 5 — "Access is denied" from OpenSCManager. > > C:\cherrypy_service\cherrypy_service.exe -install > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "boot_service.py", line 158 in <module> > File "win32serviceutil.pyo", line 156, in InstallService > pywintypes.error: (5, ’OpenSCManager’, ’Access is denied.’) > > I've tried to install it with "sc create cherryPyService > binPath=C:\cherrypy_service\cherrypy_service.exe", even with specifying the > username and password, but the result is the same : > > [SC] OpenSCManager FAILED 5: > Access is denied. > > What is the correct way to install a service for a non-admin account on > windows ? > > Since I'd also like to create an installer for my app (I need to append a > new entry in the %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file), I guess that > I could install my service in the same time using admin privileges. Would > that be possible ? What tool would you recommand for this ? >
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