Erm. Forget everything I wrote. The error messages were actually pretty clear. I was experimenting with an account on which I just can't install anything *at all*. There's no problem with win32util.InstallService(), that was just me being stupid. So excuse the useless noise :-)
On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 12:52 AM, Denis <dhov...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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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