Windows Server 2003 inetd service keeps exiting

[Brian Dessent]

Krigare Warrior wrote:

> However I am unable to run inetd as a service.  It will run for a few
> seconds (say 30) then it simply exits (according to the event log in
> windows).  I have tried to install it as a service using:  cygrunsrv -I
> inetd -n -p /usr/sbin/inetd.exe  .  It shows up in the Services control
> panel, and I can start/stop it.  But again it will only run for about 30
> secs.

Under 2003 the SYSTEM account (the default account under which services
run) has reduced privileges.  It may be that you need to create a
special account with extra privileges to run the service.  Cygserver,
cron, and sshd already do this.  You can look at their configure scripts
for guidance, but basically just create a new user (e.g. inetd_server),
add it to the administrators group, and give it the required privileges:

   editrights -a SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege -u "${username}" &&
   editrights -a SeCreateTokenPrivilege -u "${username}" &&
   editrights -a SeDenyInteractiveLogonRight -u "${username}" &&
   editrights -a SeDenyNetworkLogonRight -u "${username}" &&
   editrights -a SeDenyRemoteInteractiveLogonRight -u "${username}" &&
   editrights -a SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege -u "${username}" &&
   editrights -a SeServiceLogonRight -u "${username}"

Then install the service to run as that user.

Brian

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