On Feb 7, 4:43 pm, Sean DiZazzo <half.ital...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Feb 7, 11:02 am, T <misceveryth...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I have a script, which runs as a Windows service under the LocalSystem > > account, that I wish to have execute some commands. Specifically, the > > program will call plink.exe to create a reverse SSH tunnel. Right now > > I'm using subprocess.Popen to do so. When I run it interactively via > > an admin account, all is well. However, when I'm running it via > > service, no luck. I'm assuming this is to do with the fact that it's > > trying to run under the LocalSystem account, which is failing. What > > would be the best way around this? Thanks! > > Try running/debugging your service from the commandline as > "<servicename> debug" That should lead you to the error. > > Otherwise, we need to see a traceback and some code to be better able > to help. > > ~Sean
It's working fine when I run it via "<servicename> debug" - that's how I was testing before. It's when I start the service that it fails - and you can see that, when you run it with debug, plink.exe runs under my username. When I run it as a service, it runs under System... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
