Windows service running under network credentials doesn't autostart
- by David Alpert
I have a Subversion Server running as a resident service on a Windows XP Pro machine. That service needs to access a secure network fileshare, so I used the Services-Properties-Log On tab to tell the service to run as a user who has access to the target fileshare. That works out fine until the machine restarts, when the service fails to autostart.
I am able to start it manually by logging in, going back to that Services-Properties-Log On tab and reconfiming the explicit credentials.
Do I have to manually start this
service under alternate credentials
every time the machine reboots?
Is there something else I can do to
make sure that my Subversion server
service autostarts with proper access
to authenticate against this network share?