I'm writing a windows service in Python, which at some point needs to lock windows if a specific condition happens (for example the person leaves the pc un-attended for some time).
The solution I found was to use user32.LockWorkStation() using the ctypes module.
ctypes.windll.user32.LockWorkStation()
However, after failing at locking the OS, I noticed the LockWorkstation specifically works in the interactive [desktop] mode which windows services do not support. it actually wasted quite a bit of my time as it works when debugging! any way,
Quoting from LockWorkStation function:
The LockWorkStation function is callable only by processes running on the interactive desktop. In addition, the user must be logged on, and the workstation cannot already be locked.
windows services do have a property where you can allow it to interact with the desktop (on log on tab), however, this feature is if I'm not mistaken, disabled on latest versions of windows and apart from that, is not a good idea to enable it either.
Also quoting from MSDN:
Services do not have message loops, unless they are allowed to interact with the desktop. If the message loop is not provided by a hidden form, as in this example, the service must be run under the local system account, and manual intervention is required to enable interaction with the desktop. That is, the administrator must manually check the Allow service to interact with desktop check box on the Log On tab of the service properties dialog box. In that case, a message loop is automatically provided. This option is available only when the service is run under the local system account. Interaction with the desktop cannot be enabled programmatically.
Therefore I'm looking for other solutions that would allow me to lock the windows from a windows service. How can I achieve this ?
In order to interact with user session in a service, you first need to use a user session id. Basically you'll need to use WTSGetActiveConsoleSessionId, WTSGetActiveConsoleSessionId and CreateEnvironmentBlock prior to calling CreateProcessAsUser. Here is the snippet that does the trick:
import win32process
import win32con
import win32ts
console_session_id = win32ts.WTSGetActiveConsoleSessionId()
console_user_token = win32ts.WTSQueryUserToken(console_session_id)
startup = win32process.STARTUPINFO()
priority = win32con.NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS
environment = win32profile.CreateEnvironmentBlock(console_user_token, False)
handle, thread_id ,pid, tid = win32process.CreateProcessAsUser(console_user_token, None, "rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation", None, None, True, priority, environment, None, startup)
If you need to call a specific application you may call this like this:
win32process.CreateProcessAsUser(console_user_token, your_app_exe, app_args, None, None, True, priority, environment, None, startup)
This is actually how services in windows interact with user sessions. Using this method, you no longer need the user credentials.
When it comes to Windows services to access/interact with user session (session >0). It's usually recommended to use CreateProcessAsUser(). one would go on and do something like this (ref):
user = "username"
pword = "123456"
domain = "." # means current domain
logontype = win32con.LOGON32_LOGON_INTERACTIVE
# some may suggest to use BATCH mode instead in case you fail! but this doesn't work either!
# logontype = win32con.LOGON32_LOGON_BATCH
provider = win32con.LOGON32_PROVIDER_WINNT50
token = win32security.LogonUser(user, domain, pword, logontype, provider)
startup = win32process.STARTUPINFO()
process_information = PROCESS_INFORMATION()
cwd = os.path.dirname(__file__)
lock_file = os.path.join(cwd,'system_locker.exe')
appname = lock_file
priority = win32con.NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS
result = win32process.CreateProcessAsUser(token, appname, None, None, None, True, priority, None, None, startup)
but if you go this way, You'll face the error :
(1314, 'CreateProcessAsUser', 'A required privilege is not held by the client.')
There are many suggestions to get rid of this issue, such as disabling UAC, etc. but none will work and if you look at the MSDN documentation about CreateProcessAsUser, you'll see :
Typically, the process that calls the CreateProcessAsUser function must have the SE_INCREASE_QUOTA_NAME privilege and may require the SE_ASSIGNPRIMARYTOKEN_NAME privilege if the token is not assignable. If this function fails with ERROR_PRIVILEGE_NOT_HELD (1314), use the CreateProcessWithLogonW function instead. CreateProcessWithLogonW requires no special privileges, but the specified user account must be allowed to log on interactively. Generally, it is best to use CreateProcessWithLogonW to create a process with alternate credentials.
which means to use CreateProcessWithLogonW. If one goes and tries this for example like this :
from ctypes import *
from ctypes.wintypes import *
INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE = -1
CREATE_UNICODE_ENVIRONMENT = 0x00000400
CData = Array.__base__
LPBYTE = POINTER(BYTE)
class PROCESS_INFORMATION(Structure):
'''http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms684873'''
_fields_ = [
('hProcess', HANDLE),
('hThread', HANDLE),
('dwProcessId', DWORD),
('dwThreadId', DWORD),
]
LPPROCESS_INFORMATION = POINTER(PROCESS_INFORMATION)
class STARTUPINFOW(Structure):
'http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms686331'
_fields_ = [
('cb', DWORD),
('lpReserved', LPWSTR),
('lpDesktop', LPWSTR),
('lpTitle', LPWSTR),
('dwX', DWORD),
('dwY', DWORD),
('dwXSize', DWORD),
('dwYSize', DWORD),
('dwXCountChars', DWORD),
('dwYCountChars', DWORD),
('dwFillAttribute', DWORD),
('dwFlags', DWORD),
('wShowWindow', WORD),
('cbReserved2', WORD),
('lpReserved2', LPBYTE),
('hStdInput', HANDLE),
('hStdOutput', HANDLE),
('hStdError', HANDLE),
]
LPSTARTUPINFOW = POINTER(STARTUPINFOW)
# http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms682431
windll.advapi32.CreateProcessWithLogonW.restype = BOOL
windll.advapi32.CreateProcessWithLogonW.argtypes = [
LPCWSTR, # lpUsername
LPCWSTR, # lpDomain
LPCWSTR, # lpPassword
DWORD, # dwLogonFlags
LPCWSTR, # lpApplicationName
LPWSTR, # lpCommandLine (inout)
DWORD, # dwCreationFlags
LPCWSTR, # lpEnvironment (force Unicode)
LPCWSTR, # lpCurrentDirectory
LPSTARTUPINFOW, # lpStartupInfo
LPPROCESS_INFORMATION, # lpProcessInfo (out)
]
def CreateProcessWithLogonW(
lpUsername=None,
lpDomain=None,
lpPassword=None,
dwLogonFlags=0,
lpApplicationName=None,
lpCommandLine=None,
dwCreationFlags=0,
lpEnvironment=None,
lpCurrentDirectory=None,
startupInfo=None
):
if (lpCommandLine is not None and
not isinstance(lpCommandLine, CData)
):
lpCommandLine = create_unicode_buffer(lpCommandLine)
dwCreationFlags |= CREATE_UNICODE_ENVIRONMENT
if startupInfo is None:
startupInfo = STARTUPINFOW(sizeof(STARTUPINFOW))
processInformation = PROCESS_INFORMATION(
INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE, INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
success = windll.advapi32.CreateProcessWithLogonW(
lpUsername, lpDomain, lpPassword, dwLogonFlags, lpApplicationName,
lpCommandLine, dwCreationFlags, lpEnvironment, lpCurrentDirectory,
byref(startupInfo), byref(processInformation))
if not success:
raise WinError()
return processInformation
....
result = CreateProcessWithLogonW(user, domain, pword, 0, None, "rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation")
He/she will face the error :
(13, 'Access is denied.', None, 5)
Another similar implementation that fails is as follows (taken from):
from ctypes import wintypes
from subprocess import PIPE
kernel32 = ctypes.WinDLL('kernel32', use_last_error=True)
advapi32 = ctypes.WinDLL('advapi32', use_last_error=True)
ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE = 0x0006
INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE = wintypes.HANDLE(-1).value
INVALID_DWORD_VALUE = wintypes.DWORD(-1).value
DEBUG_PROCESS = 0x00000001
DEBUG_ONLY_THIS_PROCESS = 0x00000002
CREATE_SUSPENDED = 0x00000004
DETACHED_PROCESS = 0x00000008
CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE = 0x00000010
CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP = 0x00000200
CREATE_UNICODE_ENVIRONMENT = 0x00000400
CREATE_SEPARATE_WOW_VDM = 0x00000800
CREATE_SHARED_WOW_VDM = 0x00001000
INHERIT_PARENT_AFFINITY = 0x00010000
CREATE_PROTECTED_PROCESS = 0x00040000
EXTENDED_STARTUPINFO_PRESENT = 0x00080000
CREATE_BREAKAWAY_FROM_JOB = 0x01000000
CREATE_PRESERVE_CODE_AUTHZ_LEVEL = 0x02000000
CREATE_DEFAULT_ERROR_MODE = 0x04000000
CREATE_NO_WINDOW = 0x08000000
STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW = 0x00000001
STARTF_USESIZE = 0x00000002
STARTF_USEPOSITION = 0x00000004
STARTF_USECOUNTCHARS = 0x00000008
STARTF_USEFILLATTRIBUTE = 0x00000010
STARTF_RUNFULLSCREEN = 0x00000020
STARTF_FORCEONFEEDBACK = 0x00000040
STARTF_FORCEOFFFEEDBACK = 0x00000080
STARTF_USESTDHANDLES = 0x00000100
STARTF_USEHOTKEY = 0x00000200
STARTF_TITLEISLINKNAME = 0x00000800
STARTF_TITLEISAPPID = 0x00001000
STARTF_PREVENTPINNING = 0x00002000
SW_HIDE = 0
SW_SHOWNORMAL = 1
SW_SHOWMINIMIZED = 2
SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED = 3
SW_SHOWNOACTIVATE = 4
SW_SHOW = 5
SW_MINIMIZE = 6
SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE = 7
SW_SHOWNA = 8
SW_RESTORE = 9
SW_SHOWDEFAULT = 10 # ~STARTUPINFO
SW_FORCEMINIMIZE = 11
LOGON_WITH_PROFILE = 0x00000001
LOGON_NETCREDENTIALS_ONLY = 0x00000002
STD_INPUT_HANDLE = wintypes.DWORD(-10).value
STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE = wintypes.DWORD(-11).value
STD_ERROR_HANDLE = wintypes.DWORD(-12).value
class HANDLE(wintypes.HANDLE):
__slots__ = 'closed',
def __int__(self):
return self.value or 0
def Detach(self):
if not getattr(self, 'closed', False):
self.closed = True
value = int(self)
self.value = None
return value
raise ValueError("already closed")
def Close(self, CloseHandle=kernel32.CloseHandle):
if self and not getattr(self, 'closed', False):
CloseHandle(self.Detach())
__del__ = Close
def __repr__(self):
return "%s(%d)" % (self.__class__.__name__, int(self))
class PROCESS_INFORMATION(ctypes.Structure):
"""https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms684873"""
__slots__ = '_cached_hProcess', '_cached_hThread'
_fields_ = (('_hProcess', HANDLE),
('_hThread', HANDLE),
('dwProcessId', wintypes.DWORD),
('dwThreadId', wintypes.DWORD))
@property
def hProcess(self):
if not hasattr(self, '_cached_hProcess'):
self._cached_hProcess = self._hProcess
return self._cached_hProcess
@property
def hThread(self):
if not hasattr(self, '_cached_hThread'):
self._cached_hThread = self._hThread
return self._cached_hThread
def __del__(self):
try:
self.hProcess.Close()
finally:
self.hThread.Close()
LPPROCESS_INFORMATION = ctypes.POINTER(PROCESS_INFORMATION)
LPBYTE = ctypes.POINTER(wintypes.BYTE)
class STARTUPINFO(ctypes.Structure):
"""https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms686331"""
_fields_ = (('cb', wintypes.DWORD),
('lpReserved', wintypes.LPWSTR),
('lpDesktop', wintypes.LPWSTR),
('lpTitle', wintypes.LPWSTR),
('dwX', wintypes.DWORD),
('dwY', wintypes.DWORD),
('dwXSize', wintypes.DWORD),
('dwYSize', wintypes.DWORD),
('dwXCountChars', wintypes.DWORD),
('dwYCountChars', wintypes.DWORD),
('dwFillAttribute', wintypes.DWORD),
('dwFlags', wintypes.DWORD),
('wShowWindow', wintypes.WORD),
('cbReserved2', wintypes.WORD),
('lpReserved2', LPBYTE),
('hStdInput', wintypes.HANDLE),
('hStdOutput', wintypes.HANDLE),
('hStdError', wintypes.HANDLE))
def __init__(self, **kwds):
self.cb = ctypes.sizeof(self)
super(STARTUPINFO, self).__init__(**kwds)
class PROC_THREAD_ATTRIBUTE_LIST(ctypes.Structure):
pass
PPROC_THREAD_ATTRIBUTE_LIST = ctypes.POINTER(PROC_THREAD_ATTRIBUTE_LIST)
class STARTUPINFOEX(STARTUPINFO):
_fields_ = (('lpAttributeList', PPROC_THREAD_ATTRIBUTE_LIST),)
LPSTARTUPINFO = ctypes.POINTER(STARTUPINFO)
LPSTARTUPINFOEX = ctypes.POINTER(STARTUPINFOEX)
class SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES(ctypes.Structure):
_fields_ = (('nLength', wintypes.DWORD),
('lpSecurityDescriptor', wintypes.LPVOID),
('bInheritHandle', wintypes.BOOL))
def __init__(self, **kwds):
self.nLength = ctypes.sizeof(self)
super(SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES, self).__init__(**kwds)
LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES = ctypes.POINTER(SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES)
class HANDLE_IHV(HANDLE):
pass
class DWORD_IDV(wintypes.DWORD):
pass
def _check_ihv(result, func, args):
if result.value == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE:
raise ctypes.WinError(ctypes.get_last_error())
return result.value
def _check_idv(result, func, args):
if result.value == INVALID_DWORD_VALUE:
raise ctypes.WinError(ctypes.get_last_error())
return result.value
def _check_bool(result, func, args):
if not result:
raise ctypes.WinError(ctypes.get_last_error())
return args
def WIN(func, restype, *argtypes):
func.restype = restype
func.argtypes = argtypes
if issubclass(restype, HANDLE_IHV):
func.errcheck = _check_ihv
elif issubclass(restype, DWORD_IDV):
func.errcheck = _check_idv
else:
func.errcheck = _check_bool
# https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724211
WIN(kernel32.CloseHandle, wintypes.BOOL,
wintypes.HANDLE,) # _In_ HANDLE hObject
# https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms685086
WIN(kernel32.ResumeThread, DWORD_IDV,
wintypes.HANDLE,) # _In_ hThread
# https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms682425
WIN(kernel32.CreateProcessW, wintypes.BOOL,
wintypes.LPCWSTR, # _In_opt_ lpApplicationName
wintypes.LPWSTR, # _Inout_opt_ lpCommandLine
LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES, # _In_opt_ lpProcessAttributes
LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES, # _In_opt_ lpThreadAttributes
wintypes.BOOL, # _In_ bInheritHandles
wintypes.DWORD, # _In_ dwCreationFlags
wintypes.LPCWSTR, # _In_opt_ lpEnvironment
wintypes.LPCWSTR, # _In_opt_ lpCurrentDirectory
LPSTARTUPINFO, # _In_ lpStartupInfo
LPPROCESS_INFORMATION) # _Out_ lpProcessInformation
# https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms682429
WIN(advapi32.CreateProcessAsUserW, wintypes.BOOL,
wintypes.HANDLE, # _In_opt_ hToken
wintypes.LPCWSTR, # _In_opt_ lpApplicationName
wintypes.LPWSTR, # _Inout_opt_ lpCommandLine
LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES, # _In_opt_ lpProcessAttributes
LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES, # _In_opt_ lpThreadAttributes
wintypes.BOOL, # _In_ bInheritHandles
wintypes.DWORD, # _In_ dwCreationFlags
wintypes.LPCWSTR, # _In_opt_ lpEnvironment
wintypes.LPCWSTR, # _In_opt_ lpCurrentDirectory
LPSTARTUPINFO, # _In_ lpStartupInfo
LPPROCESS_INFORMATION) # _Out_ lpProcessInformation
# https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms682434
WIN(advapi32.CreateProcessWithTokenW, wintypes.BOOL,
wintypes.HANDLE, # _In_ hToken
wintypes.DWORD, # _In_ dwLogonFlags
wintypes.LPCWSTR, # _In_opt_ lpApplicationName
wintypes.LPWSTR, # _Inout_opt_ lpCommandLine
wintypes.DWORD, # _In_ dwCreationFlags
wintypes.LPCWSTR, # _In_opt_ lpEnvironment
wintypes.LPCWSTR, # _In_opt_ lpCurrentDirectory
LPSTARTUPINFO, # _In_ lpStartupInfo
LPPROCESS_INFORMATION) # _Out_ lpProcessInformation
# https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms682431
WIN(advapi32.CreateProcessWithLogonW, wintypes.BOOL,
wintypes.LPCWSTR, # _In_ lpUsername
wintypes.LPCWSTR, # _In_opt_ lpDomain
wintypes.LPCWSTR, # _In_ lpPassword
wintypes.DWORD, # _In_ dwLogonFlags
wintypes.LPCWSTR, # _In_opt_ lpApplicationName
wintypes.LPWSTR, # _Inout_opt_ lpCommandLine
wintypes.DWORD, # _In_ dwCreationFlags
wintypes.LPCWSTR, # _In_opt_ lpEnvironment
wintypes.LPCWSTR, # _In_opt_ lpCurrentDirectory
LPSTARTUPINFO, # _In_ lpStartupInfo
LPPROCESS_INFORMATION) # _Out_ lpProcessInformation
CREATION_TYPE_NORMAL = 0
CREATION_TYPE_LOGON = 1
CREATION_TYPE_TOKEN = 2
CREATION_TYPE_USER = 3
class CREATIONINFO(object):
__slots__ = ('dwCreationType',
'lpApplicationName', 'lpCommandLine', 'bUseShell',
'lpProcessAttributes', 'lpThreadAttributes', 'bInheritHandles',
'dwCreationFlags', 'lpEnvironment', 'lpCurrentDirectory',
'hToken', 'lpUsername', 'lpDomain', 'lpPassword', 'dwLogonFlags')
def __init__(self, dwCreationType=CREATION_TYPE_NORMAL,
lpApplicationName=None, lpCommandLine=None, bUseShell=False,
lpProcessAttributes=None, lpThreadAttributes=None,
bInheritHandles=False, dwCreationFlags=0, lpEnvironment=None,
lpCurrentDirectory=None, hToken=None, dwLogonFlags=0,
lpUsername=None, lpDomain=None, lpPassword=None):
self.dwCreationType = dwCreationType
self.lpApplicationName = lpApplicationName
self.lpCommandLine = lpCommandLine
self.bUseShell = bUseShell
self.lpProcessAttributes = lpProcessAttributes
self.lpThreadAttributes = lpThreadAttributes
self.bInheritHandles = bInheritHandles
self.dwCreationFlags = dwCreationFlags
self.lpEnvironment = lpEnvironment
self.lpCurrentDirectory = lpCurrentDirectory
self.hToken = hToken
self.lpUsername = lpUsername
self.lpDomain = lpDomain
self.lpPassword = lpPassword
self.dwLogonFlags = dwLogonFlags
def create_environment(environ):
if environ is not None:
items = ['%s=%s' % (k, environ[k]) for k in sorted(environ)]
buf = '\x00'.join(items)
length = len(buf) + 2 if buf else 1
return ctypes.create_unicode_buffer(buf, length)
def create_process(commandline=None, creationinfo=None, startupinfo=None):
if creationinfo is None:
creationinfo = CREATIONINFO()
if startupinfo is None:
startupinfo = STARTUPINFO()
elif isinstance(startupinfo, subprocess.STARTUPINFO):
startupinfo = STARTUPINFO(dwFlags=startupinfo.dwFlags,
hStdInput=startupinfo.hStdInput,
hStdOutput=startupinfo.hStdOutput,
hStdError=startupinfo.hStdError,
wShowWindow=startupinfo.wShowWindow)
si, ci, pi = startupinfo, creationinfo, PROCESS_INFORMATION()
if commandline is None:
commandline = ci.lpCommandLine
if commandline is not None:
if ci.bUseShell:
si.dwFlags |= STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW
si.wShowWindow = SW_HIDE
comspec = os.environ.get("ComSpec", os.path.join(
os.environ["SystemRoot"], "System32", "cmd.exe"))
commandline = '"{}" /c "{}"'.format(comspec, commandline)
commandline = ctypes.create_unicode_buffer(commandline)
dwCreationFlags = ci.dwCreationFlags | CREATE_UNICODE_ENVIRONMENT
lpEnvironment = create_environment(ci.lpEnvironment)
if (dwCreationFlags & DETACHED_PROCESS and
((dwCreationFlags & CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE) or
(ci.dwCreationType == CREATION_TYPE_LOGON) or
(ci.dwCreationType == CREATION_TYPE_TOKEN))):
raise RuntimeError('DETACHED_PROCESS is incompatible with '
'CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE, which is implied for '
'the logon and token creation types')
if ci.dwCreationType == CREATION_TYPE_NORMAL:
kernel32.CreateProcessW(
ci.lpApplicationName, commandline,
ci.lpProcessAttributes, ci.lpThreadAttributes, ci.bInheritHandles,
dwCreationFlags, lpEnvironment, ci.lpCurrentDirectory,
ctypes.byref(si), ctypes.byref(pi))
elif ci.dwCreationType == CREATION_TYPE_LOGON:
advapi32.CreateProcessWithLogonW(
ci.lpUsername, ci.lpDomain, ci.lpPassword, ci.dwLogonFlags,
ci.lpApplicationName, commandline,
dwCreationFlags, lpEnvironment, ci.lpCurrentDirectory,
ctypes.byref(si), ctypes.byref(pi))
elif ci.dwCreationType == CREATION_TYPE_TOKEN:
advapi32.CreateProcessWithTokenW(
ci.hToken, ci.dwLogonFlags,
ci.lpApplicationName, commandline,
dwCreationFlags, lpEnvironment, ci.lpCurrentDirectory,
ctypes.byref(si), ctypes.byref(pi))
elif ci.dwCreationType == CREATION_TYPE_USER:
advapi32.CreateProcessAsUserW(
ci.hToken,
ci.lpApplicationName, commandline,
ci.lpProcessAttributes, ci.lpThreadAttributes, ci.bInheritHandles,
dwCreationFlags, lpEnvironment, ci.lpCurrentDirectory,
ctypes.byref(si), ctypes.byref(pi))
else:
raise ValueError('invalid process creation type')
return pi
class Popen(subprocess.Popen):
def __init__(self, *args, **kwds):
ci = self._creationinfo = kwds.pop('creationinfo', CREATIONINFO())
if kwds.pop('suspended', False):
ci.dwCreationFlags |= CREATE_SUSPENDED
self._child_started = False
super(Popen, self).__init__(*args, **kwds)
if sys.version_info[0] == 2:
def _execute_child(self, args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
cwd, env, universal_newlines, startupinfo,
creationflags, shell, to_close, p2cread, p2cwrite,
c2pread, c2pwrite, errread, errwrite):
"""Execute program (MS Windows version)"""
commandline = (args if isinstance(args, types.StringTypes) else
subprocess.list2cmdline(args))
self._common_execute_child(executable, commandline, shell,
close_fds, creationflags, env, cwd,
startupinfo, p2cread, c2pwrite, errwrite, to_close)
else:
def _execute_child(self, args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
pass_fds, cwd, env, startupinfo, creationflags,
shell, p2cread, p2cwrite, c2pread, c2pwrite, errread,
errwrite, restore_signals, start_new_session):
"""Execute program (MS Windows version)"""
assert not pass_fds, "pass_fds not supported on Windows."
commandline = (args if isinstance(args, str) else
subprocess.list2cmdline(args))
self._common_execute_child(executable, commandline, shell,
close_fds, creationflags, env, cwd,
startupinfo, p2cread, c2pwrite, errwrite)
def _common_execute_child(self, executable, commandline, shell,
close_fds, creationflags, env, cwd,
startupinfo, p2cread, c2pwrite, errwrite,
to_close=()):
ci = self._creationinfo
if executable is not None:
ci.lpApplicationName = executable
if commandline:
ci.lpCommandLine = commandline
if shell:
ci.bUseShell = shell
if not close_fds:
ci.bInheritHandles = int(not close_fds)
if creationflags:
ci.dwCreationFlags |= creationflags
if env is not None:
ci.lpEnvironment = env
if cwd is not None:
ci.lpCurrentDirectory = cwd
if startupinfo is None:
startupinfo = STARTUPINFO()
si = self._startupinfo = startupinfo
default = None if sys.version_info[0] == 2 else -1
if default not in (p2cread, c2pwrite, errwrite):
si.dwFlags |= STARTF_USESTDHANDLES
si.hStdInput = int( p2cread)
si.hStdOutput = int(c2pwrite)
si.hStdError = int(errwrite)
try:
pi = create_process(creationinfo=ci, startupinfo=si)
finally:
if sys.version_info[0] == 2:
if p2cread is not None:
p2cread.Close()
to_close.remove(p2cread)
if c2pwrite is not None:
c2pwrite.Close()
to_close.remove(c2pwrite)
if errwrite is not None:
errwrite.Close()
to_close.remove(errwrite)
else:
if p2cread != -1:
p2cread.Close()
if c2pwrite != -1:
c2pwrite.Close()
if errwrite != -1:
errwrite.Close()
if hasattr(self, '_devnull'):
os.close(self._devnull)
if not ci.dwCreationFlags & CREATE_SUSPENDED:
self._child_started = True
# Retain the process handle, but close the thread handle
# if it's no longer needed.
self._processinfo = pi
self._handle = pi.hProcess.Detach()
self.pid = pi.dwProcessId
if self._child_started:
pi.hThread.Close()
def start(self):
if self._child_started:
raise RuntimeError("processes can only be started once")
hThread = self._processinfo.hThread
prev_count = kernel32.ResumeThread(hThread)
if prev_count > 1:
for i in range(1, prev_count):
if kernel32.ResumeThread(hThread) <= 1:
break
else:
raise RuntimeError('cannot start the main thread')
# The thread's previous suspend count was 0 or 1,
# so it should be running now.
self._child_started = True
hThread.Close()
def __del__(self):
if not self._child_started:
try:
if hasattr(self, '_processinfo'):
self._processinfo.hThread.Close()
finally:
if hasattr(self, '_handle'):
self.terminate()
super(Popen, self).__del__()
....
cmd = "rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation" #lock_file
ci = CREATIONINFO(CREATION_TYPE_LOGON,
lpUsername=user,
lpPassword=pword)
p = Popen(cmd, suspended=True, creationinfo=ci,
stdout=PIPE, universal_newlines=True)
p.start()
fails with the same error.
And then we reach to the final solution that actually works which is to use use WTSGetActiveConsoleSessionId, WTSGetActiveConsoleSessionId and CreateEnvironmentBlock prior to calling CreateProcessAsUser. The most important part imho, is the CreateEnvironmentBlock which is essential for this to work. The first two methods allow us not to use a predefined user/pass.
Useful links :
@EugeneMayevski'Callback provided two links that discusses about this as well:
1. calling-createprocessasuser-from-service
2. calling-createprocessasuser-from-a-user-process-launched-from-a-service
In debug mode when using the snippet I provided, you may face the 1314 error for WTSGetActiveConsoleSessionId its spected and the live service wont face this error and will run just fine.