I'm trying to set up a build process during which, a Windows service has to be started and stopped. I tried doing that by using the exec-maven-plugin
:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.6.0</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>startServer</id>
<goals>
<goal>exec</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<executable>${project.basedir}/bin/startService.cmd</executable>
<workingDirectory>${project.basedir}/bin</workingDirectory>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
The problem that I'm running into is, that to be able to control services, you need to have adminsitrative rights. My user is local admin so the script works if I run it in an elevated prompt (right click->'Run as Adminsitrator').
I've tried using runas /user:administrator
but it's prompting for a password. I could run the Maven build itself as admin but I'd like to run it from environments where this might not be possible (Eclipse, Jenkins).
Does anyone have an idea on how to implement the described scenario?
This is the other half of my solution to elevation mkdir in batch file as admin. The first half was console specific. This is the more general non console solution. WshShell.Run
didn't work well as a console program, hence the use of VB/VBA shell
command. The WshShell.Run
has a window style (0 is hidden) and a flag to wait on the app or not.
Put files on the desktop. They must be ANSI.
RunAsAdmin.vb
imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Public Module MyApplication
Public Sub Main ()
Dim wshshell as object
WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
'8 is non active window, true means wait for exit
WshShell.Run("""C:\Windows\Notepad.exe""",8, true)
End Sub
End Module
RunAsAdmin.manifest
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
<assemblyIdentity
version="1.0.0.0"
processorArchitecture="*"
name="Color Management"
type="win32"
/>
<description>Serenity's Editor</description>
<trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v2">
<security>
<requestedPrivileges>
<requestedExecutionLevel level="requireAdministrator" uiAccess="false"/>
</requestedPrivileges>
</security>
</trustInfo>
</assembly>
And the command to compile.
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\vbc "%userprofile%\Desktop\RunAsAdmin.vb" /win32manifest:"%userprofile%\Desktop\RunAsAdmin.manifest" /out:"%userprofile%\Desktop\RunAsAdmin.exe" /target:winexe
Thanks to @ACatInLove I have one working solution. It is based on their answer to mkdir in batch file as admin
The problem was that it was starting a new shell and not waiting for the batch script to finish. I had to modify the script to do so. I found a was to do that at How to wait for a shell process to finish before executing further code in VB6
This is the script:
imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Public Module MyApplication
Public Sub Main ()
Dim hProcess As Long
Dim taskId As Long
Dim wshshell as object
WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
taskId = Shell("cmd /c " & Command())
hProcess = OpenProcess(&H100000, True, taskId)
Call WaitForSingleObject(hProcess, 10000)
CloseHandle(hProcess)
End Sub
Private Declare Function OpenProcess Lib "kernel32" (ByVal dwDesiredAccess As Long, ByVal bInheritHandle As Long, ByVal dwProcessId As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function WaitForSingleObject Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hHandle As Long, ByVal dwMilliseconds As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function CloseHandle Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hObject As Long) As Long
End Module
I copied the resulting .exe into my project folder and changed the exec-maven-plugin
configuration to
<executable>..\RunAsAdminConsole.exe startService.cmd</executable>
The only restriction is that UAC pops up but I was anticipating that.
I will leave my question open to other suggestions for now. Please give @ACatInLove some credit over at mkdir in batch file as admin