Windows service

[David Botham]

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: bind-users-bounce at isc.org [mailto:bind-users-bounce at isc.org]
> On Behalf Of Danny Mayer
> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 10:26 AM
> To: David Botham; 'Neil'; comp-protocols-dns-bind at isc.org
> Subject: RE: Windows service
> 
> 
> At 12:55 PM 8/8/02, David Botham wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: bind-users-bounce at isc.org
> > > [mailto:bind-users-bounce at isc.org] On Behalf Of Neil
> > > Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 5:53 AM
> > > To: comp-protocols-dns-bind at isc.org
> > > Subject: Windows service
> > >
> > >
> > > I am running bind 9.2.1 as a Windows service (on XP), and I
> > > can't work out how to pass it parameters (-c /etc/named.conf)
> >
> >You may want to use the Scheduler.  Setup a shortcut that starts
> >with all the command line options you need.  Then, in the
> >Scheduler, set the shortcut to start at "System Startup".
> 
> No, what he needs is to know how to set parameters to a system
> service. There was not much point in have a system service
> otherwise.

I guess I am saying that what I have suggested above will do pretty
much the same thing as a "service".  That is to say, startup at boot,
run without logging in, etc...  While it may not show up in
Adminitools->Services, do you think it will work?

Dave...

> 
> Danny
> 
> >Dave...
> >
> > > If I manually start the service and enter the parameters it
> > > works fine, but if I try and make a permanent change by adding
> > > the parameters to ImagePath in the registry they appear in the
> > > service applet but are ignored by bind.


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