Stop/Start Service in Win2k

[Syver Enstad]

Have you tried to test the names by using net start/stop on the command
line? It looks as you've got the wrong names to me.


"Robin Siebler" <rsiebler at ibeam.com> wrote in message
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> I got a script off the ActiveState site that will stop and start a service
> (the script is at the bottom of this post) .  It works fine on NT4 and it
> works for some services on Win2k, but for most services, I get the below
> error:
>
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<interactive input>", line 1, in ?
>   File "c:\python21\scripts\winsvc.py", line 37, in service_info
>     if win32serviceutil.QueryServiceStatus(service, machine)[1] == 4:
>   File "c:\python21\win32\lib\win32serviceutil.py", line 359, in
> QueryServiceStatus
>     hs = win32service.OpenService(hscm, serviceName,
> win32service.SERVICE_QUERY_STATUS)
> api_error: (1060, 'OpenService', 'The specified service does not exist as
an
> installed service.')
>
>
> Could someone tell me why this happens and how to fix it?
>
> Thanks!
>
> import win32serviceutil
>
> def service_info(action, machine, service):
>     if action == 'stop':
>         win32serviceutil.StopService(service, machine)
>         print '%s stopped successfully' % service
>     elif action == 'start':
>         win32serviceutil.StartService(service, machine)
>         print '%s started successfully' % service
>     elif action == 'restart':
>         win32serviceutil.RestartService(service, machine)
>         print '%s restarted successfully' % service
>     elif action == 'status':
>         if win32serviceutil.QueryServiceStatus(service, machine)[1] == 4:
>             print "%s is running normally" % service
>         else:
>             print "%s is *not* running" % service
>
> if __name__ == '__main__':
>     machine = 'cr582427-a'
>     service = 'Zope23'
>     action = 'start'
>     service_info(action, machine, service)
>
>
>
>