Mongrel users - Apr 2007 - Windows Server 2003 - Cygwin - Apache 2.0 - Rails 1.2.3 -- httpd.so "permission denied"

I''m new to Rails and Mongrel and I''m trying to get mongrel
running
for the first time.

I''m running Rails 1.2.3 under Cygwin on Windows Server 2003 (SP1)  
with Apache 2.0. The Rails apps works fine when proxied through  
Apache and running under WebRick, but Mongrel seems unhappy about  
something. The Apache service is running as the "Local System" user  
and I''m starting Mongrel as "ISUser" which is an Active
Directory user.

When I invoke the following command:

	mongrel_rails start -h

It returns the following error message:

	/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.0.1-mswin32/lib/http11.so:  
Permission denied - /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.0.1-mswin32/ 
lib/http11.so (LoadError)

Can anyone give me any hints as to what I''m doing wrong and/or how to  
correct the problem?

Many thanks in advance!

On 4/20/07, Randy Antler <randy.antler at screenplayinc.com>
wrote:
> I''m new to Rails and Mongrel and I''m trying to get
mongrel running
> for the first time.
>
> I''m running Rails 1.2.3 under Cygwin on Windows Server 2003 (SP1)
> with Apache 2.0. The Rails apps works fine when proxied through
> Apache and running under WebRick, but Mongrel seems unhappy about
> something. The Apache service is running as the "Local System"
user
> and I''m starting Mongrel as "ISUser" which is an Active
Directory user.
>
> When I invoke the following command:
>
>         mongrel_rails start -h
>
> It returns the following error message:
>
>         /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.0.1-mswin32/lib/http11.so:
> Permission denied - /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.0.1-mswin32/
> lib/http11.so (LoadError)
>
> Can anyone give me any hints as to what I''m doing wrong and/or how
to
> correct the problem?
>
Hi Randy,

It seems you''re using ruby from cygwin, and not mswin32 (wich is
one-click installer or barebones distro from ruby-lang.org)

Those environments, even if they are "win", they aren''t the
same. The
extension (http11.so) is linked against msvcrt-ruby18.dll (ruby\bin
under mswin32 distro).

On cygwin, that file didn''t exist (don''t remember right now
the equivalent).

What I would suggest is uninstall mswin32 version and compile the
"ruby" version of mongrel:
>gem uninstall mongrel
>gem install mongrel -v 1.0.1
(from the list choose the one with ruby platform).

That will trigger build process for native extension (I guess you have
gcc in your cygwin).

If no error is shown, calling mongrel_rails will work as expected.

Regards,

-- 
Luis Lavena
Multimedia systems
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