From: Rajiv Abraham <rajiv.abraham@...>
Date: 2010-04-15T20:10:11+09:00
Subject: Re: Win32 Service: Access Denied when creating service

Rajiv Abraham wrote:
> Hi,
> I am trying to create and register a windows service with the following
> code.
> 
> require "rubygems"
> require "win32/service"
>    include Win32
> svc = Service.new(:service_name => "rajiv_service_name")
> 
> Error:
> C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/win32-service-0.7.1-x86-mswin32-60/lib/win32/service.rb:368:in
> `initialize': Access is denied. (Win32::Service::Error)
>         from
> C:/Users/Rajiv/Documents/NetBeansProjects/MusicClockService/lib/register_bar_1.rb:9:in
> `new'
>         from
> C:/Users/Rajiv/Documents/NetBeansProjects/MusicClockService/lib/register_bar_1.rb:9
> 
> 
> I tried changing to:
> 
> svc = Service.new(:service_name =>SERVICE_NAME,
>                   :service_start_name => "HOME\\Rajiv",
>                   :password => "my_pwd" )
> 
> but it still did not work.
> 
> Thanks,
> Rajiv

Just adding to the previous post, if it helps:
- I installed the win32-services gem using gem install win32-service 
--platform=mswin32
- The doc. says that only :service_name is mandatory. So, it is bit 
surprising that it does not work
- User Rajiv is Administrator

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