[Lazarus] LazDaemon

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Thu, 24 Jul 2014, Juha Manninen wrote:

> I think the LazDaemon package is broken at least on Windows.
> Can someone else start a Windows service made with it? I cannot.
>
> There is an example project
> C:\SW\lazarus_gitsvn\examples\cleandir\cleandirs.lpi
> that uses it. Trying to install it ("cleandirs.exe -i" with admin rights) fails.
> Same thing with any other project.
>
> The log says:
> Failed to start service manager: Palveluprosessi ei voi muodostaa
> yhteyttä palveluvalvontaan.
>
> The latter sentence means something like:
> Service process cannot connect to service manager.

That is usually a permissions problem.

>
> I am able to install a Windows service made without LazDaemon
> following the instructions given in Michaël Van Canneyt's document :
>  http://www.turbog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/daemons.pdf
>
> Michaël is also the author of LazDaemon package.
> Could he maybe take a look at it?
> There is a bug report but it lists other problems, not the complete
> failure when trying to install.
>  http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=24067
>
> I am using Windows 7, FPC 2.6.4 and Lazarus trunk.

When I find some time, I will have a look at it.

I have successfully installed this program on windows, but it was a windows 2000.
Maybe the permissions setup has changed in windows, this is always a possibility.


Michael.