Services

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Services.exe is the Service Control Manager, providing an API to control services.

servman.exe functions as services.msc does on Windows. http://svn.reactos.org/svn/reactos/trunk/reactos/base/applications/mscutils/servman/?view=log

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svchost.exe

Svchost.exe

ChangeLog-0.1.0 Service Control Utility Added (Bn: Might mean Sc.exe)

ChangeLog-0.3.1

• rewrote most of the service manager code (Ged Murphy)

ChangeLog-0.3.3

services.exe

• Move calls to SetServiceStatus into service.exe (Ged Murphy)

ChangeLog-0.3.4

Services (SCM)

• Made each service have its own named pipe (Gregor Brunmar)
• Implement the RPC server calls for QueryServiceConfig2 and ChangeServiceConfig2 (Ged Murphy)
• Add the account name to the QueryServiceConfig RPC call (Ged Murphy)
• Shutdown services when the SCM is terminated (Ged Murphy)
• Add basic code for shutting down of the SCM (Ged Murphy)
• Store the SERVICE_STATUS_HANDLE and use it for setting service status (Ged Murphy)
• Add functionality for controlling services (Ged Murphy)
• Receive a client service handle from advapi32 so we can get a permenant link between the SCM and the service (Ged Murphy)