On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 12:16 PM, Tsunakawa, Takayuki <tsunakawa.ta...@jp.fujitsu.com> wrote: > From: pgsql-hackers-ow...@postgresql.org >> [mailto:pgsql-hackers-ow...@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Michael Paquier >> https://msdn.microsoft.com/ja-jp/library/windows/desktop/ms684190(v=vs >> > .85).aspx >> >> That's what I looked at as well :) And this part is what caught my attention, >> meaning that it is not used by anything else than the SCM: >> "The LocalSystem account is a predefined local account used by the service >> control manager." > > The same thing is said about other two special accounts, so they need to be > checked if we really believe we need to check for LocalSystem. > > "The LocalService account is a predefined local account used by the service > control manager." > "The NetworkService account is a predefined local account used by the service > control manager." > > But, in practice, SECURITY_SERVICE_RID has turned out to be enough.
Hm... See here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6084547/how-to-check-whether-a-process-is-running-as-a-windows-service And particularly this quote: "No, that is not reliable because if a service is started from command line for example it will not have this token. " -- Michael -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
