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Python Programming On Win32
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Python Programming On Win32

by Andy Robinson, Mark Hammond
January 2000
Intermediate to advanced
672 pages
21h 46m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

OpenSCManager( )

Synopsis

Establishes a connection to the Service Control Manager on the specified computer and opens the specified SCM database.

handle = OpenSCManager(machineName, databaseName, desiredAccess)

Parameters

machineName

Names the target computer. If None or an empty string, the function connects to the local computer.

databaseName

Names the SCM database to open. If None, the database SERVICES_ACTIVE_DATABASE is used.

desiredAccess

Specifies the access to the SCM. Any or all of the following flags can be used. The value win32service.SC_MANAGER_CONNECT is implied.

win32service.SC_MANAGER_ALL_ACCESS

Includes STANDARD_RIGHTS_REQUIRED, plus the access types in this list.

win32service.SC_MANAGER_CONNECT

Enables connecting to the SCM.

win32service.SC_MANAGER_CREATE_SERVICE

Enables calling the win32service.CreateService() function to create a service and add it to the database.

win32service.SC_MANAGER_ENUMERATE_SERVICE

Enables calling the win32service.EnumServicesStatus() function to list the services in the database.

win32service.SC_MANAGER_LOCK

Enables calling the win32service.LockServiceDatabase() function to acquire a lock on the database.

win32service.SC_MANAGER_QUERY_LOCK_STATUS

Enables calling the win32service.QueryServiceLockStatus() function to retrieve the lock status information for the database.

The following access types can also be used.

win32con.GENERIC_READ

Combines the following access types: STANDARD_RIGHTS_READ, SC_MANAGER_ENUMERATE_SERVICE, and SC_MANAGER_QUERY_LOCK_STATUS ...

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