Changing a Service Configuration
In the following example, a service configuration program uses the ChangeServiceConfig and ChangeServiceConfig2 functions to change the configuration parameters of an installed service. The program first tries to lock the database, to prevent the SCM from starting a service while it is being reconfigured. If it successfully locks the database, the program opens a handle to the service object, modifies its configuration, unlocks the database, and then closes the service object handle. If the program does not successfully in lock the database, it uses the QueryServiceLockStatus function to retrieve information about the lock.
#include <windows.h> #include <stdio.h> BOOL ReconfigureSampleService(BOOL fDisable, LPSTR lpDesc) { SC_LOCK sclLock; LPQUERY_SERVICE_LOCK_STATUS lpqslsBuf; SERVICE_DESCRIPTION sdBuf; DWORD dwBytesNeeded, dwStartType; BOOL bSuccess=TRUE; // Need to acquire database lock before reconfiguring. sclLock = LockServiceDatabase(schSCManager); // If the database cannot be locked, report the details. if (sclLock == NULL) { // Exit if the database is not locked by another process. if (GetLastError() != ERROR_SERVICE_DATABASE_LOCKED) { printf("Database lock failed (%d)/n", GetLastError()); return FALSE; } // Allocate a buffer to get details about the lock. lpqslsBuf = (LPQUERY_SERVICE_LOCK_STATUS) LocalAlloc( LPTR, sizeof(QUERY_SERVICE_LOCK_STATUS)+256); if (lpqslsBuf == NULL) { printf("LocalAlloc failed (%d)/n", GetLastError()); return FALSE; } // Get and print the lock status information. if (!QueryServiceLockStatus( schSCManager, lpqslsBuf, sizeof(QUERY_SERVICE_LOCK_STATUS)+256, &dwBytesNeeded) ) { printf("Query lock status failed (%d)", GetLastError()); return FALSE; } if (lpqslsBuf->fIsLocked) printf("Locked by: %s, duration: %d seconds/n", lpqslsBuf->lpLockOwner, lpqslsBuf->dwLockDuration); else printf("No longer locked/n"); LocalFree(lpqslsBuf); } // The database is locked, so it is safe to make changes. // Open a handle to the service. schService = OpenService( schSCManager, // SCManager database "Sample_Srv", // name of service SERVICE_CHANGE_CONFIG); // need CHANGE access if (schService == NULL) { printf("OpenService failed (%d)/n", GetLastError()); return FALSE; } dwStartType = (fDisable) ? SERVICE_DISABLED : SERVICE_DEMAND_START; // Make the changes. if (! ChangeServiceConfig( schService, // handle of service SERVICE_NO_CHANGE, // service type: no change dwStartType, // change service start type SERVICE_NO_CHANGE, // error control: no change NULL, // binary path: no change NULL, // load order group: no change NULL, // tag ID: no change NULL, // dependencies: no change NULL, // account name: no change NULL, // password: no change NULL) ) // display name: no change { printf("ChangeServiceConfig failed (%d)/n", GetLastError()); bSuccess = FALSE; } else printf("ChangeServiceConfig succeeded./n"); sdBuf.lpDescription = lpDesc; if( !ChangeServiceConfig2( schService, // handle to service SERVICE_CONFIG_DESCRIPTION, // change: description &sdBuf) ) // value: new description { printf("ChangeServiceConfig2 failed/n"); bSuccess = FALSE; } else printf("ChangeServiceConfig2 succeeded/n"); // Release the database lock. UnlockServiceDatabase(sclLock); // Close the handle to the service. CloseServiceHandle(schService); return bSuccess; }