accept() doesn't block while running as NT service

Nedko Arnaudov nedko.arnaudov@atia.com
Thu Aug 21 10:44:00 GMT 2003


Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com> writes:

> On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 06:10:06PM +0300, Nedko Arnaudov wrote:
>> Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com> writes:
>> 
>> > On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 11:23:01AM +0300, Nedko Arnaudov wrote:
>> >> Process that is run under local system credentials cannot use
>> >> network. This is why ot is called *local*. Don't know if this WinNT
>> >> behaviour can be customized.
>> >
>> > That's wrong.  How should eg. sshd work then?
>> 
>> Actually i don't know how sshd is implemented but i guess that it logs
>> the user into LSA or impersonates him.
>
> And before authentication?  What about the parent process which is
> running under SYSTEM account and which is listening for incoming
> connections on port 22?
>

Ok, your are right. But using windows redirector functions (netbios
shares) is impossible from local system account or at least it was
some years ago. Of course this is not directly realted to the subject
of this thread. I just wanted to help.


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