From: Don DOT Sharp AT dddandr DOT octacon DOT co DOT uk (Don Sharp) Subject: Re: how do I write a 'service'? 28 Jan 1997 01:47:11 -0800 Approved: cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <32EDC4A7.3C7E.cygnus.gnu-win32@dddandr.octacon.co.uk> References: <32ECB746 DOT 28D9 AT uz DOT kuleuven DOT ac DOT be> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (WinNT; I) Original-To: Noella Pierlet Original-CC: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Noella Pierlet wrote: > > Hallo, > > I'm new to this list so don't shoot me if I ask something > that has been answered a million times before. > I'm writing a primitive remote shell daemon for Windows NT. > The problem is: how can I make sure that it runs all the time, > even when nobody is logged on? I think the answer on that > question is 'by making it a service'. > But how do I do that? Any suggestions? > > Noella Pierlet My advice would be to acquire the Ataman telnetd if it is available for the OS release you are using. We have been using it for over a year, on NT 3.51, and it works very well indeed. We just installed it and forgot about it! It just works with no hassle. Quoting from their README ====================================================================== The Ataman TCP Remote Logon Services provides an implementation of the Internet telnet and Berkeley rlogin protocols for Microsoft Windows NT version 3.1 or newer. The files telnetd.exe, rlogind.exe, rexecd.exe, startcmd.exe, and transcmd.exe are the executables that make up the rlogind, telnetd and rexecd services. Ataman Software, Inc. 749 S. Lemay, Suite A3-411 Fort Collins, CO 80524 If you have any questions you can contact them at (electronic mail preferred): Internet: support AT ataman DOT com (or 70363 DOT 1373 AT compuserve DOT com) CompuServe: 70363,1373 Telephone: (970) 416-9199 FAX: (970) 416-9188 ====================================================================== I have no connection with Ataman - just a satisfied user. Cheers Don Sharp - For help on using this list, send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".