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

[Alex Ionescu]

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