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    Default Re: Adding "Log on as a service" rights to a user programmatically?

    Hi Jeff,

    (also continued this thread in the SB ng)

    I have made a Setup with SB with the excellent help of Friedrich.
    This Setup installs the SV AppBroker as a service, not under SYSTEM, but
    with a user account and user password (I need this because of printing
    capabilities).

    Today I had a problem at a client's Windows 10 pc.
    My client is logged on with a full admin account on his local Win10 pc.
    The setup installer did create the service "Clarion Application Broker"
    ok, so Create Service worked.
    But the Start Service after that, didn't work, it returned error 1. At
    first I thought that my client had entered a wrong password during the
    setup process. We tried everything and made a new admin account +
    password on his Win10 pc. But even with this new admin account, only the
    Create Service worked ok, but the Start Service failed over and over.
    So we ended up by starting the Services window manually: the user
    account name and password were filled in already (by the SB installer).
    After that, we manually typed over the password field (with of course
    the same password we entered during the install), we pressed "Apply" and
    after that we got a message (translated from Dutch into English),
    something like:
    "The rights to this service have been applied".
    After that, we started our setup again, and this time, also the Start
    Service was working ok.

    This has cost me some hours!

    I read here some info:
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/win...n-as-a-service

    So how can we *automate* this under Windows 10 with SetupBuilder? My
    customer blamed me about the difficult installation.

    I hope that Friedrich has some tricks? I need to start the service
    automatically.

    Best regards,
    Jeffrey

    Op 26-10-2017 om 23:22 schreef Jeff Slarve:
    > I sure would love to be able to do that.
    >
    > Are there examples or code available for purchase?
    >
    > Not sure my sleeves roll up that high.<g>
    >
    > Thanks
    >
    > Jeff Slarve
    > www.jssoftware.com
    >
    > you know what happens when you assuage
    >

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    Default Re: Adding "Log on as a service" rights to a user programmatically?

    See also some other product that needs the "Log on as a service" rights:

    https://support.pdq.com/hc/en-us/art...-as-a-Service-

    Best regards,
    Jeffrey

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    Default Re: Adding "Log on as a service" rights to a user programmatically?

    Hi Jeffrey -

    That is one of the ways outlined by Self Service's docs, in the
    "Ground Rules" section. As is the opening of Group Policy Editor.

    http://www.capesoft.com/docs/SelfSer...elfservice.htm

    I know those two ways, but I want to do this programmatically.

    For now, I'll just open up gpedit.msc and let the admin do their
    thing. But it's a chore I'd like to be able to help them with a bit
    more.

    Thank you.

    On 6 Nov 2017 06:58:51 -0500, Jeffrey Kuijt
    wrote:

    >So we ended up by starting the Services window manually: the user
    >account name and password were filled in already (by the SB installer).
    >After that, we manually typed over the password field (with of course
    >the same password we entered during the install), we pressed "Apply" and
    >after that we got a message (translated from Dutch into English),
    >something like:
    >"The rights to this service have been applied".
    >After that, we started our setup again, and this time, also the Start
    >Service was working ok.
    >
    >This has cost me some hours!

    Jeff Slarve
    www.jssoftware.com

    you know what happens when you assuage

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    Default Re: Adding "Log on as a service" rights to a user programmatically?

    Hi Jeff,

    Then perhaps, this could work(?):

    See OPTION THREE of:
    https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/...dows-10-a.html

    (Log on as a service = SeServiceLogonRight)

    ntrights +r SeServiceLogonRight -u "User or Group"

    Best regards,
    Jeffrey

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    Default Re: Adding "Log on as a service" rights to a user programmatically?

    Hi Jeffrey -

    As Jane suggested, that could be an option.

    I'm guessing you'd need to have a special setup that would download
    the ntrights file for you, kind of like Friedrich wrote for
    downloading signtool. Or download the resource toolkit directly to
    your client from MS.

    My preliminary assumption is that you wouldn't be able to distribute
    that Microsoft file in your app setup. Plus, the download on that page
    is only for 32 bit OS. So we have to get that part right too.

    I wonder if running procmon would help figure out what ntrights does.

    Jeff Slarve
    www.jssoftware.com

    you know what happens when you assuage

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    Default Re: Adding "Log on as a service" rights to a user programmatically?

    Hi Jeffrey,

    the first question is, how would you do it programmatically *without*
    SetupBuilder through a command line tool or something like that.

    As far as I can see, it can be done via a PowerShell Script, a VBScript,
    group policy manipulation via advapi32.dll APIs -or- using the ntrights.exe
    Windows Resource Kit tool.

    Not sure if you can use this method, but I have developed a small demo
    project. See attached screenshot. I am using the "ntrights.exe" from the
    Win2003 Windows Resource Toolkit and it seemed to work fine on Windows 10
    Fall Creators Update.

    Command line should look like this:
    %TMPDIR%\ntrights.exe +r SeServiceLogonRight -u "Domain\Administrator"

    What do you think?

    Friedrich

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    Default Re: Adding "Log on as a service" rights to a user programmatically?

    BTW, the first command line box screenhot was just a test. Of course, the
    SetupBuilder linker embeds the "ntrights.exe" tool as a support file into
    the setup.exe and executes it silently behind-the-scenes.

    Friedrich

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    Default Re: Adding "Log on as a service" rights to a user programmatically?

    Hi Friedrich,

    Yes, this is what I'm looking for, thank you very much!!

    Best regards,
    Jeffrey

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    Default Re: Adding "Log on as a service" rights to a user programmatically?

    Hi Jeff,

    See Friedrich's reply, I will go this (and Jane's) route. ;-)

    Best regards,
    Jeffrey

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    Default Re: Adding "Log on as a service" rights to a user programmatically?

    Is ntrights.exe a binary that we can distribute with our software?

    Does it work on both 64/32 bit, or do we need to distribute 2
    different executables?

    Jeff Slarve
    www.jssoftware.com

    you know what happens when you assuage

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