windows services

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Dr. No

Hi,

it is possible to start windows services with the command
NET START

and to stop them with the command

NET STOP.

Is there a way to make it impossable to shutdown a service? For example
by protecting it with a password?

Thanks!
 
No as any user that has the permission to stop the service will be able to
do such. Critical system services only allow an administrator to stop them.
You need to secure your computer best you can so as to not allow
unauthorized users to be or become administrators or users that can stop the
service. Using strong passwords, limiting and monitoring members of the
administrators groups and physically securing the computer if malicious
users could otherwise have physical access are good starts. It is also
possible to change service permissions so that only specific users can stop
services though any administrator that knows how to reconfigure service
permissions could grant themselves access. Security templates [applied
locally with secedit or to domain computers via Group Policy] or subinacl
can configure service permissions.--- Steve
 
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