Start Windows service as non-admin

setting permissions for windows services is really awful.

just want to allow a nonadmin to start and stop my php worker:

sc sdshow php5-cgi-worker01
D:(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;SY)(A;;CCDCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRSDRCWDWO;;;BA)(A;;CCLCSWLOCRRC;;;IU)(A;;CCLCSWLOCRRC;;;SU)(A;;RPWPDT;;;S-1-5-21-<snip>-<snip>-<snip>-1000)

permissions can be set with sc sdset ...

the easier way is to use SubInACL as admin:

subinacl.exe /service php5-cgi-worker01 /grant=username=PTO

(P = pause, T = start, O = stop)

then you can start the service with your user:

sc start php5-cgi-worker01

• http://woshub.com/set-permissions-on-windows-service/
• https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=23510
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