On Tuesday 05 August 2008 13:19:44 Riyas Y. wrote: > Dear all, > > > > In Windows vista and Windows Server 2008, system services cannot > interact with the desktop. > > > > http://blogs.technet.com/voy/archive/2007/02/23/services-isolation-in-se > ssion-0-of-windows-vista-and-longhorn-server.aspx > > > > So when we install the bacula in machines running these OSs, we won't be > able to get the tray icon or the status dialog. > > > > This problem occurs only if it is run as a system service. If it is run > in some user context, we will get the tray icon and status dialog. > > > > Since Bacula client is meant to run on all windows machines, we may need > to bypass this limitation.
Yes, Microsoft for supposedly security reasons (incompetence IMO) disallow the daemon from interacting with the desktop on Vista (and probably their Server machines). Too bad. The solution is to either do without it, which is what most sysadmins prefer, or for someone to undertake a separate tray-monitor program that would run on Win32. The current Bacula developers have about 10 years of work ahead of them for currently planned features, so this would need to come from the community. Best regards, Kern ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel
