RE: [PCTECH] Messaging to a Service

[michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Hi Walden -

Well...I think a Windows service is the right way to go, but there may
be better ways. I  want to have a Windows service execute a command
file based on a message passed to the service. Rexec will still be used
(rexec from the iSeries to a thin client) for other applications, but
these new applications would be 'clickable' by the unwashed user from
Start->Programs. The problem is that the user profile on the thin
client is  so locked down that they don't have the authority (I
believe) to execute the programs I want them to execute. I can't change
the user profile, so I thought I could create a service that would run
under a different user id, and the service would be able to execute the
commands.

I'm using MQ to communicate between fat clients and the iSeries, but
these thin clients don't have enough space to store the MQ code I don't
think. I'm looking for a small footprint, light weight mechanism to talk
to a service.

- Michael

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: RE: [PCTECH] Messaging to a Service
> From: "Walden H. Leverich" <WaldenL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, March 14, 2005 12:02 pm
> To: "PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users" <pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Michael,
> 
> Are you saying create a service on Windows and have that service "wait"
> for something like a dataq, but in the windows space? I see you said you
> were using rexec, but I got the feeling you were looking to replace
> that. What would invoke this request? I don't mean from a technology
> point of view -- I think that's the question you're asking -- but I mean
> from a platform question. Who is consuming this service? Other VB apps
> on the same machine? Other VB on another machine, RPG on iSeries? 
> 
> Based on the answer to whose consuming the service there are several
> options, from web services to MQSeries, to MSMQ, to indeed using dataqs
> on the iSeries. 
> 
> -Walden
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Monday, 14 March, 2005 11:10
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> Subject: [PCTECH] Messaging to a Service
> 
> Here's my condundrum. I have some VB applications that are executed on
> the PC under a specific user ID. The invocation is via rexec, so the
> user id is passed in. A normal user has little authority, and they
> don't have the authority to run these applications. So I was thinking
> of creating a service that would run under the priveleged user and
> execute the applications for the unprivledged user.
> 
> Question: How do I send a message to the service? I could do something
> like changing a file and having the service poll the file, but that
> seems 'busy'. I guess I could do it with sockets, but that seems like
> more effort than I want to spend. What I really want to do is have the
> service wait on a data queue <smile>. 
> 
> All ideas appreciated...
> 
> 
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