ccapiserver -k not working in kfw-4.0.1?

[Benjamin Kaduk]

On Wed, 6 Mar 2013, Thomas Sondergaard wrote:

> On 2013-03-06 18:14, Benjamin Kaduk wrote:
>> On Wed, 6 Mar 2013, Thomas Sondergaard wrote:
>> 
>>> If I start ccapiserver in one terminal and open another and run
>>> "ccapiserver -k" I would expect the ccapiserver process to shut down.
>>> This doesn't happen.
>>> 
>>> Is it my understanding that is wrong or is there a bug?
>> 
>> It is probably one of those, yes. :)
>> 
>> The codepath which is supposed to do something with a detected -k argument 
>> has been commented out since its import in 2008 (commit 7bfff838).
>> The commented code makes a call to a purpoted routine shutdown_server(), an 
>> implementation of which has never been checked into the tree.
>> 
>> So, it's not going to work, without developer time.
>> 
>> -Ben
>
> I managed to build the master branch of krb from 
> https://github.com/krb5/krb5.git without issues following the instructions in 
> krb/src/windows/README, so that is encouraging. Perhaps I can work something

I consider that good news; we haven't gotten much feedback one way or the 
other about the new build instructions for KfW 4.

> out myself.

src/windows/installer/wix/custom/custom.cpp:KillRunningProcessesSlave() is 
an existing routine which searches for and terminates other processes.  I 
don't think it's up to current Microsoft recommendations for doing so, but 
it may be useful as an example if you need a place to start.

-Ben