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cpgascho
Asked: 2011-02-19 11:33:29 +0800 CST

Permission to restart a single service on Windows Server 2008, 2008R2, 2003

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I need to be able to grant a user permissions to restart a single service on a Windows server without giving them administrative rights or rights to restart any other services.

I also need them to be able to install a single program via the CMD line but no other programs. I can give them admin access to the folder where the program will be installed but i need to somehow give them permissions to register the DLLs for the service without giving them admin access.

Is this possible?

windows-server-2008 permissions

2 Answers

  1. Granting permissions to restart a service is easily possible with SetACL (example). You do not have to log on interactively to restart a service, you can simply use the services management console to connect remotely.

    I am not entirely sure, but I think that for installing programs you need to be a member of the group "Administrators".

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  2. While I am not a Windows admin, but rather a developer, this is my suggestion: try setting the "Log on as" to the users account in the Log On tab of the service properties. This works for me when I want access to a service without administrator privileges, or if I need a service to interact with my account.

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