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Minim as a service on Windows
30-05-2016, 17:43
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Minim as a service on Windows
I'd like to run Minim as a service on a Windows (10) box. As far as I can see the standard windows install is meant to run as the currently logged on user. I think that there is support for doing something like this on linux systems, and that you can run without a UI on windows.
So, has anybody done any work on this? As far as I can tell, there are a number of variations on the tanuki wrapper http://wrapper.tanukisoftware.com/doc/en...wnload.jsp which is a Java framework/library for managing Java applications as windows services. Alternatively there is an open source (and modernised) implementation of the old srvany tool from Microsoft. NSSM - the Non-Sucking Service Manager from http://nssm.cc/
Or there may be other better ways of doing this.
In any case it would be desirable to "harden" the service using virtual service accounts and/or service SIDs, ideally a restricted Service SID. MS documentation on these topics leaves a lot to be desired, but I think I can see what one might do.
As far as I can see from the MinimWatch documentation, I should be able to control any MinimServer instance on my local network, which is convenient, but reinforces my desire to run MinimServer with just enough privileges.
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