[ros-dev] svcctl.idl: Why "Scmr"-prefix?

[Alex Ionescu]

Alex Ionescu wrote:
> Elrond wrote:
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>>On Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 09:47:52PM +0200, Eric Kohl wrote:
>>[...]
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>>Okay, so the prefix is arbitrarily choosen for reactos.
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> MS chose the same, probably for the same reasons.
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>>In windows all those functions exactly resemble "the
>>internal SCM functions" and "the public interface to the
>>SCM"?
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> I don't know about "Exactly", but the model is usually the same.
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>>And on windows, they don't have a prefix?
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> The prefix is also Scmr. Also used in Lsa (Lsar, IIRC) and other services.
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>>Thanks for your help.
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>>    Elrond
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My bad, Lsar confused me.
Correct services flow in NT is

CreateServiceW->RCreateServiceW->[RPC]->Sc* Internal APIs.

So Scmr == R.


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Best regards,
Alex Ionescu
Project Lead, TinyKRNL
Kernel-Mode Software Design Engineer, ReactOS