From: "Lavrentiev, Anton (NIH/NLM/NCBI) [C]" <lavr@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov>
To: "cygwin@cygwin.com" <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Subject: RE: Cygrunsrv and special Windows virtual accounts "NT SERVICE"
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:01:55 +0000
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Just checking whether this is going to be implemented...

Thanks,

Anton Lavrentiev
Contractor NIH/NLM/NCBI

> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2012 11:50 AM
> Subject: RE: Cygrunsrv and special Windows virtual accounts "NT
> SERVICE"
> 
> > per the bad user/pass combo, presumably).
> 
> Per MSDN, http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms682450%28v=vs.85%29.aspx :
> 
> If the account name specified by the lpServiceStartName parameter is
> the name of a managed service account or virtual account name, the
> lpPassword parameter must be NULL.
> 
> But cygrunsrv passes either "" or the actual string (when any username
> is provided).
> 
> It should pass NULL for the usernames that look like "NT
> SERVICE\svcname":
> 
>   if (!(sh = CreateService (sm, san.name (), disp, SERVICE_ALL_ACCESS,
> 			    SERVICE_WIN32_OWN_PROCESS |
> 			    (interactive ? SERVICE_INTERACTIVE_PROCESS : 0),
> 			    type == Auto ? SERVICE_AUTO_START
> 			    		 : SERVICE_DEMAND_START,
> 			    SERVICE_ERROR_NORMAL, mypath, NULL, NULL,
> 			    dependencies,
> 			    username, username ? pass ?: "" : NULL)))
> 
> Anton Lavrentiev
> Contractor NIH/NLM/NCBI