How to create a Windows Service in Powershell for "Network Service" account?
You could get a cred of network service straightforward like this:
$login = "NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE"
#### #just set a dummy psw since it's just used to get credentials
$psw = "dummy"
$scuritypsw = ConvertTo-SecureString $psw -AsPlainText -Force
$mycreds = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential($login, $scuritypsw)
#### #then you can use the cred to new a windows service
$serviceName = "Test"
$binaryPath = "C:\Test\Test.exe"
New-Service -name $serviceName -binaryPathName $binaryPath -displayName $serviceName -startupType Automatic -credential $mycreds
The correct name of the account is NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE
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This is the final version of Reinstall Service for everyone's benefit, specially for Aniket.
function ReinstallService ($serviceName, $binaryPath, $description, $login, $password, $startUpType)
{
Write-Host "Trying to create service: $serviceName"
#Check Parameters
if ((Test-Path $binaryPath)-eq $false)
{
Write-Host "BinaryPath to service not found: $binaryPath"
Write-Host "Service was NOT installed."
return
}
if (("Automatic", "Manual", "Disabled") -notcontains $startUpType)
{
Write-Host "Value for startUpType parameter should be (Automatic or Manual or Disabled) and it was $startUpType"
Write-Host "Service was NOT installed."
return
}
# Verify if the service already exists, and if yes remove it first
if (Get-Service $serviceName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)
{
# using WMI to remove Windows service because PowerShell does not have CmdLet for this
$serviceToRemove = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Service -Filter "name='$serviceName'"
$serviceToRemove.delete()
Write-Host "Service removed: $serviceName"
}
# if password is empty, create a dummy one to allow have credentias for system accounts:
#NT AUTHORITY\LOCAL SERVICE
#NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE
if ($password -eq "")
{
#$secpassword = (new-object System.Security.SecureString)
# Bug detected by @GaTechThomas
$secpasswd = (new-object System.Security.SecureString)
}
else
{
$secpasswd = ConvertTo-SecureString $password -AsPlainText -Force
}
$mycreds = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ($login, $secpasswd)
# Creating Windows Service using all provided parameters
Write-Host "Installing service: $serviceName"
New-Service -name $serviceName -binaryPathName $binaryPath -Description $description -displayName $serviceName -startupType $startUpType -credential $mycreds
Write-Host "Installation completed: $serviceName"
# Trying to start new service
Write-Host "Trying to start new service: $serviceName"
$serviceToStart = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Service -Filter "name='$serviceName'"
$serviceToStart.startservice()
Write-Host "Service started: $serviceName"
#SmokeTest
Write-Host "Waiting 5 seconds to give time service to start..."
Start-Sleep -s 5
$SmokeTestService = Get-Service -Name $serviceName
if ($SmokeTestService.Status -ne "Running")
{
Write-Host "Smoke test: FAILED. (SERVICE FAILED TO START)"
Throw "Smoke test: FAILED. (SERVICE FAILED TO START)"
}
else
{
Write-Host "Smoke test: OK."
}
}