Re: Calling RegisterServiceProcess from setsid ?

["Pierre A. Humblet" <Pierre dot Humblet at ieee dot org>]

I think I have figured out most of what's happening in what
I reported on Wednesday.
<http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-developers/2003-06/msg00037.html>

The outcomes depend on the way the program is written because
of a Cygwin feature (don't know if design or accident).

-exim closes 0/1/2 then setsids
-sshd setsids then closes 0/1/2 (actually sets them to /dev/null) 
-inetd sets 0 to /dev/null, setsids, then closes 0/1/2 
-cron setsids but doesn't close anything (that's why
   Ronald Landheer-Cieslak is reporting problem on the list)

Programs that close 0/1/2 and setsid (in any order) always survive 
  log offs, whether started from cygwin.bat or from rxvt.
Programs that setsid and then close 0/1/2 do survive log offs when 
  started from cygwin.bat, but not from rxvt.

I think the last two observations come from the facts that 
setsid calls FreeConsole when fhandler_console::open_fhs == 0; it also
  sets myself->ctty to -1.
fhandler_console::close calls FreeConsole when fhandler_console::open_fhs
  becomes 0, and myself->ctty != TTY_CONSOLE (e.g. when called after setsid).
However fhandler_tty_slave::close never calls FreeConsole, even when
  it is called after setsid and fhandler_console::open_fhs becomes 0.
  I don't know if it's by design, but it surely makes a difference.

The only effect (I can see) of RegisterServiceProcess is to remove
the program from the "Close Program", a.k.a. Ctrl-Alt-Del pop-up.
It has apparently nothing to do with surviving log offs, it's mostly
a waste of effort (except for Trojans, viruses and worms) :(
I know this may sound crazy but I have checked on 95/98/ME.

Pierre