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