Re: ruby-1.8.1 win2k apache2: mod_ruby shuts off network connections

Hello Lothar,

 > Okay, i know that windows can't initialize the winsock system if
 > there is no "windir=C:\WINDOWS" variable defined. At least under
 > Win2000.

Tried that out; looked very promising. I am sorry, but this does not 
work: I have set the windir variable in my system settings. I even 
undefined it just for kicks and was still able to access the net from 
the console, and with it I wasn't from within Apache.

My path looks weird, agreed: That must be mod_ruby's pseudo CGI 
environment, mangled from the real variables. I can assure you that my 
real path looks ok (ie: long string, separated by ';' ).

I stumbled upon what seemed to be the solution (<spoiler>but it 
wasn't</spoiler>):

--- Apache manual (Windows section)
| Never grant any network privileges to the LocalSystem account! If you 
| need Apache to be able to access network resources, create a separate 
| account for Apache as noted below.
---

So I tried all that too, including running apache _from the console_. So 
I am pretty much out of ideas again.

Do you think that the fact that I am not able to compile mod_ruby under 
win2k myself means bad luck ? That's the feeling I am getting right now.

Have you managed to run mod_ruby under windows ? How ? (Compiler or 
location of binaries)

Thank you for your help (which was really clever, even if it did not work),

kaspar - code philosopher