nginx stop/reload on windows failed for Access is denied

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Published on 2012-09-27T13:54:28Z Indexed on 2012/10/18 5:08 UTC
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I am running nginx on Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64) as a windows service. I am using Windows Service Wrapper for that. (Actually, I have followed this tutorial: http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/HgServeNginxWindows.)

The service is running ok. However, the server does not process the signals (e.g. stop / reload).

This means if I stop the service, nginx is not stopped. (I have to kill it.)

And when I want to reload the configuration from command line:

C:\Users\Administrator>E:\apath\nginx\nginx.exe -p E:\apath\nginx -c E:\apath\nginx.conf -s reload

It outputs:

nginx: [error] OpenEvent("Global\ngx_reload_4268") failed (5: Access is denied)

I am running the command as administrator and the service is running under NETWORK SERVICE user.

Any hints or similar issues?

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