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Chris - 04 Aug 2005 17:31 GMT

Hello,

I'm looking for a C++ code snippet that would help determine the 'log on as'
account for a Windows service, MSSQLSERVER, for example.

Any help appreciated!

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Joe Richards [MVP] - 05 Aug 2005 00:09 GMT

Check out QueryServiceConfig.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dllproc/base/qu
eryserviceconfig.asp?frame=true

You could also probably use WMI but WMI is such a pain that it generally isn't
worth it, especially in C++.

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Joe Richards Microsoft MVP Windows Server Directory Services
www.joeware.net

> Hello,
>
> I'm looking for a C++ code snippet that would help determine the 'log on as'
> account for a Windows service, MSSQLSERVER, for example.
>
> Any help appreciated!

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Chris - 05 Aug 2005 00:42 GMT

Thank you! That was very quick!!

I hate to be a doof - but, which is the 'log on as' parameter?

// Print the configuration information.

printf("\nSample_Srv configuration: \n");
printf(" Type: 0x%x\n", lpqscBuf->dwServiceType);
printf(" Start Type: 0x%x\n", lpqscBuf->dwStartType);
printf(" Error Control: 0x%x\n", lpqscBuf->dwErrorControl);
printf(" Binary path: %s\n", lpqscBuf->lpBinaryPathName);

if (lpqscBuf->lpLoadOrderGroup != NULL)
printf(" Load order group: %s\n", lpqscBuf->lpLoadOrderGroup);
if (lpqscBuf->dwTagId != 0)
printf(" Tag ID: %d\n", lpqscBuf->dwTagId);
if (lpqscBuf->lpDependencies != NULL)
printf(" Dependencies: %s\n", lpqscBuf->lpDependencies);
if (lpqscBuf->lpServiceStartName != NULL)
printf(" Start Name: %s\n", lpqscBuf->lpServiceStartName);
if (lpqscBuf2->lpDescription != NULL)
printf(" Description: %s\n", lpqscBuf2->lpDescription);

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> Check out QueryServiceConfig.
>
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> >
> > Any help appreciated!

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Roger Abell - 05 Aug 2005 06:36 GMT

> Thank you! That was very quick!!
>
> I hate to be a doof - but, which is the 'log on as' parameter?

StartName

> // Print the configuration information.
>
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>
> > Check out QueryServiceConfig.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dllproc/base/qu
eryserviceconfig.asp?frame=true

> > You could also probably use WMI but WMI is such a pain that it generally isn't
> > worth it, especially in C++.
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> > >
> > > Any help appreciated!

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Roger Abell - 05 Aug 2005 06:38 GMT

> Check out QueryServiceConfig.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dllproc/base/qu
eryserviceconfig.asp?frame=true

> You could also probably use WMI but WMI is such a pain that it generally isn't
> worth it, especially in C++.

I would bet that is more a C++ thing than a WMI thing.
IMO win32_Service object in WMI is extremely simple and handy
and I find its use remoted in a domain context quite acceptibly fast.

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> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm looking for a C++ code snippet that would help determine the 'log on as'
> > account for a Windows service, MSSQLSERVER, for example.
> >
> > Any help appreciated!

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Joe Richards [MVP] - 06 Aug 2005 02:26 GMT

WMI seems to be ok for one off stuff. The times I have tried to use it in
monitoring or other things it tends to start to get screwy. OVO/W uses it and I
know the OVO/W SPI developers are moving to get away from it due to all of the
support issues they have encountered with it.

--
Joe Richards Microsoft MVP Windows Server Directory Services
www.joeware.net

>>Check out QueryServiceConfig.
>
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
> IMO win32_Service object in WMI is extremely simple and handy
> and I find its use remoted in a domain context quite acceptibly fast.

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Roger Abell - 08 Aug 2005 00:03 GMT

When a remote "gets toasted" relative to its WMI support then
yes, it can be trying to diag and get that machine's WMI support
whole again.

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> WMI seems to be ok for one off stuff. The times I have tried to use it in
> monitoring or other things it tends to start to get screwy. OVO/W uses it and I
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
>
> >>Check out QueryServiceConfig.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dllproc/base/qu
eryserviceconfig.asp?frame=true

> >>You could also probably use WMI but WMI is such a pain that it generally
> >
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> > IMO win32_Service object in WMI is extremely simple and handy
> > and I find its use remoted in a domain context quite acceptibly fast.

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