C / C++ / MFC

BOOL IsRunAsAdministrator()
{
    BOOL isRunAsAdmin = FALSE;
    DWORD dwError = ERROR_SUCCESS;
    PSID pAdministratorsGroup = NULL;

    // Allocate and initialize a SID of the administrators group.
    SID_IDENTIFIER_AUTHORITY NtAuthority = SECURITY_NT_AUTHORITY;
    if (!AllocateAndInitializeSid(
        &NtAuthority, 
        2, 
        SECURITY_BUILTIN_DOMAIN_RID, 
        DOMAIN_ALIAS_RID_ADMINS, 
        0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 
        &pAdministratorsGroup))
    {
        goto Cleanup;
    }

    // Determine whether the SID of administrators group is enabled in 
    // the primary access token of the process.
    if (!CheckTokenMembership(NULL, pAdministratorsGroup, &isRunAsAdmin))
    {
        goto Cleanup;
    }

Cleanup:
    // Centralized cleanup for all allocated resources.
    if (pAdministratorsGroup)
    {
        FreeSid(pAdministratorsGroup);
        pAdministratorsGroup = NULL;
    }

    return isRunAsAdmin;
}

void RunServiceAsAdmin(char ch, const char *program, const char* name)
{
	// Launch itself as admin
	char param[255];
	SHELLEXECUTEINFO sei = { sizeof(sei) };

	memset(param, 0 , sizeof(param));
	sei.lpVerb = "runas";
	sei.lpFile = "sc.exe";
	sei.hwnd = NULL;
	sei.nShow = SW_NORMAL;

	if(ch == 'I')
	{
		sprintf(param, "create \"%s\" binPath= \"%s\" DisplayName=\"%s\"", name, program, name);
	}
	else
	{
		sprintf(param, "delete \"%s\"", name);
	}

	sei.lpParameters = param;

	if (!ShellExecuteEx(&sei))
	{
		show_error();
	}
}

BOOL IsRunAsAdministrator()
{
    BOOL isRunAsAdmin = FALSE;
    DWORD dwError = ERROR_SUCCESS;
    PSID pAdministratorsGroup = NULL;

    // Allocate and initialize a SID of the administrators group.
    SID_IDENTIFIER_AUTHORITY NtAuthority = SECURITY_NT_AUTHORITY;
    if (!AllocateAndInitializeSid(
        &NtAuthority, 
        2, 
        SECURITY_BUILTIN_DOMAIN_RID, 
        DOMAIN_ALIAS_RID_ADMINS, 
        0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 
        &pAdministratorsGroup))
    {
        goto Cleanup;
    }

    // Determine whether the SID of administrators group is enabled in 
    // the primary access token of the process.
    if (!CheckTokenMembership(NULL, pAdministratorsGroup, &isRunAsAdmin))
    {
        goto Cleanup;
    }

Cleanup:
    // Centralized cleanup for all allocated resources.
    if (pAdministratorsGroup)
    {
        FreeSid(pAdministratorsGroup);
        pAdministratorsGroup = NULL;
    }

    return isRunAsAdmin;
}

void RunServiceAsAdmin(char ch, const char *program, const char* name)
{
	// Launch itself as admin
	char param[255];
	SHELLEXECUTEINFO sei = { sizeof(sei) };

	memset(param, 0 , sizeof(param));
	sei.lpVerb = "runas";
	sei.lpFile = "sc.exe";
	sei.hwnd = NULL;
	sei.nShow = SW_NORMAL;

	if(ch == 'I')
	{
		sprintf(param, "create \"%s\" binPath= \"%s\" DisplayName=\"%s\"", name, program, name);
	}
	else
	{
		sprintf(param, "delete \"%s\"", name);
	}

	sei.lpParameters = param;

	if (!ShellExecuteEx(&sei))
	{
		show_error();
	}
}

static int manage_service(int action) {
	SC_HANDLE hSCM = NULL, hService = NULL;
	SERVICE_DESCRIPTION descr = { server_name };
	char path[PATH_MAX + 20]; // Path to executable plus magic argument
	int success = 1;

	GetModuleFileName(NULL, path, sizeof(path));
	strncat(path, " ", sizeof(path));
	strncat(path, service_magic_argument, sizeof(path));

	if (IsRunAsAdministrator()) {
		if ((hSCM = OpenSCManager(NULL, NULL, action == ID_INSTALL_SERVICE ?
			GENERIC_WRITE : GENERIC_READ)) == NULL) {
			success = 0;
			show_error();
		}
		else if (action == ID_INSTALL_SERVICE) {
			hService = CreateService(hSCM, service_name, service_name,
				SERVICE_ALL_ACCESS, SERVICE_WIN32_OWN_PROCESS,
				SERVICE_AUTO_START, SERVICE_ERROR_NORMAL,
				path, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
			if (hService) {
				ChangeServiceConfig(hService, SERVICE_NO_CHANGE, SERVICE_AUTO_START,
					SERVICE_NO_CHANGE, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
				ChangeServiceConfig2(hService, SERVICE_CONFIG_DESCRIPTION, &descr);

				// Check Windows version
				OSVERSIONINFOEX osvi;
				ZeroMemory(&osvi, sizeof(OSVERSIONINFOEX));
				osvi.dwOSVersionInfoSize = sizeof(OSVERSIONINFOEX);
				osvi.dwMajorVersion = 11; // Windows 11

				if (GetVersionEx((OSVERSIONINFO*)&osvi)) {
					// Set start type to AUTO_START for Windows 11
					ChangeServiceConfig(hService, SERVICE_NO_CHANGE, SERVICE_AUTO_START,
						SERVICE_NO_CHANGE, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
				}
			}
			else {
				show_error();
			}
		}
		else if (action == ID_REMOVE_SERVICE) {
			if ((hService = OpenService(hSCM, service_name, DELETE)) == NULL ||
				!DeleteService(hService)) {
				show_error();
			}
		}
		else if ((hService = OpenService(hSCM, service_name,
			SERVICE_QUERY_STATUS)) == NULL) {
			success = 0;
		}

		CloseServiceHandle(hService);
		CloseServiceHandle(hSCM);
	}
	else {
		if (action == ID_INSTALL_SERVICE) {
			RunServiceAsAdmin('I', path, service_name);
		}
		else if (action == ID_REMOVE_SERVICE) {
			RunServiceAsAdmin('R', path, service_name);
		}
		else {
			if ((hSCM = OpenSCManager(NULL, NULL, GENERIC_READ)) == NULL) {
				success = 0;
				show_error();
			}
			if ((hService = OpenService(hSCM, service_name,
				SERVICE_QUERY_STATUS)) == NULL) {
				success = 0;
			}

			CloseServiceHandle(hService);
			CloseServiceHandle(hSCM);
		}
	}

	return success;
}

static LONG queryServiceStatus(const char* serviceName){
	SC_HANDLE hSCM = NULL, hService = NULL;
	SERVICE_STATUS_PROCESS ssStatus; 
	DWORD dwBytesNeeded;
	LONG status = 0;
	if ((hSCM = OpenSCManager(NULL, NULL, GENERIC_READ)) == NULL) {
		show_error();
		return 0;
	} 
			
	// Get a handle to the service.
    hService = OpenService( 
        hSCM,         // SCM database 
        serviceName,            // name of service 
        SERVICE_QUERY_STATUS);  // full access 
 
    if (hService == NULL)
    {
        goto END_QUERY;
    }    

    // Check the status in case the service is not stopped. 
    if (!QueryServiceStatusEx( 
            hService,                     // handle to service 
            SC_STATUS_PROCESS_INFO,         // information level
            (LPBYTE) &ssStatus,             // address of structure
            sizeof(SERVICE_STATUS_PROCESS), // size of structure
            &dwBytesNeeded ) )              // size needed if buffer is too small
    {
        goto END_QUERY;
    }

    // Check if the service is already running. It would be possible 
    // to stop the service here, but for simplicity this example just returns. 

    if(ssStatus.dwCurrentState == SERVICE_RUNNING)
    {
       status = SERVICE_RUNNING;
	   goto END_QUERY;
    }

SHELLEXECUTEINFO sei = { sizeof(sei) };

Rick R. 2023 wrote:

Am using VS2022 using toolset 1.41_XP

printf("%s",result[i])

printf("Decimal %d in binary = %c ",someNumber);

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>

#define SIZE 10

void findbinary(int number, char result[], int index);

int main (void)
{
    int someNumber = 233;
    char result[SIZE];
    findbinary(someNumber, result,0);
    printf("Decimal %d in reversed binary %s\n", someNumber, result);
    return 0;
}

void findbinary(int number, char result[], int index)
{

    if ( index == SIZE)
      exit(-1); //TODO: notify the error

    if(number == 0){
        result[index] = '\0'; // append theterminator
        return;
    }
    result[index] = (number % 2) + '0'; // obtain either the CHARACTER '0' or '1'
    findbinary(number / 2, result, index + 1);
}

C:\Users\rjmac\source\repos>wmic bootconfig get description
Description
\Device\Harddisk0\Partition1  


C:\Users\rjmac\source\repos>wmic diskdrive where DeviceID=\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE0
Node - RJM-INSPIRON15
ERROR:
Description = Invalid query

C:\Users\rjmac\source\repos>wmic diskdrive -?      

DISKDRIVE - Physical disk drive management. 

HINT: BNF for Alias usage.
(<alias> [WMIObject] | <alias> [<path where>] | [<alias>] <path where>) [<verb clause>].

USAGE:

DISKDRIVE ASSOC [<format specifier>]
DISKDRIVE CREATE <assign list>
DISKDRIVE DELETE
DISKDRIVE GET [<property list>] [<get switches>]
DISKDRIVE LIST [<list format>] [<list switches>]

Richard MacCutchan wrote:

So the error message "Description = Invalid query" is telling you that the command is in error, and you need to find out what the correct format is.

std::cout << exec("wmic diskdrive where DeviceID='\\\\\\\\.\\\\PHYSICALDRIVE3' get model,serialnumber");

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <array>

std::string exec(const char* cmd) {
    std::array<char, 128> buffer;
    std::string result;
    std::unique_ptr<FILE, decltype(&_pclose)> pipe(_popen(cmd, "r"), _pclose);
    if (!pipe) {
        throw std::runtime_error("popen() failed!");
    }
    while (fgets(buffer.data(), buffer.size(), pipe.get()) != nullptr) {
        result += buffer.data();
    }
    return result;
}

void replaceString(std::string& subject, const std::string& search,
    const std::string& replace) {
    size_t pos = 0;
    while ((pos = subject.find(search, pos)) != std::string::npos) {
        subject.replace(pos, search.length(), replace);
        pos += replace.length();
    }
}

void main() {
    std::string index = exec("wmic bootconfig get description");
    index = index.at(index.find_last_of("\\") - 1);
    std::string modelSerialNumber = "wmic diskdrive where DeviceID='\\\\\\\\.\\\\PHYSICALDRIVE" + index + "' get model,serialnumber";
    modelSerialNumber = exec(modelSerialNumber.c_str());
    replaceString(modelSerialNumber, "Model", "");
    replaceString(modelSerialNumber, "SerialNumber", "");
    replaceString(modelSerialNumber, " ", "");
    std::cout << modelSerialNumber;
}

diskdrive where DeviceID='\\\\.\\PHYSICALDRIVE0'

David Crow wrote:

diskdrive where DeviceID='\\\\.\\PHYSICALDRIVE0'produces a result that can be parsed.
In C/C++, each of those backslashes needs to be escaped (with a backslash).