Multiple services from the same executable

Question

I've written a small service (plain Win32) and I'd like to know if it's possible to run multiple instances of it when multiple users are logged on.

Basically, let's say we've got UserA and UserB for UserA the service would log on as "domain\UserA" and for UserB the service would log on as "domain\UserB" - this is from the same executable of course. I can change the logon dynamically using the ChangeServiceConfig() function, but it changes it system-wide it seems, while I'd like each user to have his own copy of the service running only for him.

Thank you in advance for any pointers.

Answer 1

Win32 services are designed to be system-wide, and start running before any user is logged in. If you want something to run on a per-user basis, it's probably better to design it as a regular application and run it from the user's Startup group.