RE: GINA remote debugging

From: Steven (msdn_at_cryptometrics.com)
Date: 11/12/03 

Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 12:45:16 -0800

Hi Rhett,

Thanks for your reply -- Unfortunately I do not remember
the title of the documentation, as it was some time ago
that I had read through it. The remote debugging process
itself is referenced in the article HOWTO: Debug a GINA
DLL on a Single Computer
(http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;260901):

"Debugging a Graphical Identification and Authentication
(GINA) dynamic-link library (DLL) can be a tedious task.
The process usually involves setting up a kernel debug
session from a remote computer."

However, there is no documentation in the platform SDK
which outlines this process. I did find some similar
documentation in the "Debugging Tools for Windows"
download from the DDK site which outlines how to remotely
debug Winlogon, which I'm currently reviewing. I only came
across that documentation by chance after exhausting all
other search options and downloading any debugging related
items I found.

As a side note, I found that the sample code provided in
the above HOWTO article doesn't work "as is" if Visual
Studio .NET (vs7jit.exe) is installed and used as the
debugger, since VS wants itself to be listed in the
AeDebug "Debugger" value (otherwise VS complains JIT
debugging isn't configured.) This can be worked around by
modifying the "Debugger" value to point
to "...\vs7jit.exe" before performing the CreateProcess
call and then back to "...\AeDebug.exe" after the debugger
process has terminated. Also, the HOWTO process does not
work sufficiently on Windows XP, which is why I was
looking to use the remote debugging option.

Thanks for your help,

Steven

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Steven:
>Can you remember that documentation's name? Did it appear
in Microsoft
>Newsgroup ago?
>I will try to find it, but I can't gurantee that.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Rhett Gong
>Microsoft Online Partner Support
>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.
>Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
>
>.
>

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