--install-service/--remove-service on Windows no longer fail with
'Access is denied' from a normal shell: the process re-runs itself via
ShellExecuteEx 'runas', waits for the elevated child and mirrors its
exit code. The child gets --elevated-child and pauses for a keypress so
its console output stays readable. Declining the prompt reports
'UAC prompt declined'.
Windows: --install-service creates %ProgramFiles%\gpu-turnstile and
%ProgramData%\gpu-turnstile, copies the exe and (if absent) the env
file in, and registers the copy. Linux: binary goes to
/var/lib/gpu-turnstile (not /usr/local/sbin: replacing a running binary
needs directory write, which must not be granted on a shared system dir
to a sandboxed service). --no-copy registers the current location
as-is on both platforms.
--install-service now registers the service under
NT SERVICE\gpu-turnstile (low-privilege, per-service, no password) and
grants it modify access to the install dir (for self-updates) and the
LOG_FILE dir, plus read access to an external config file. Grants run
after CreateService because the virtual account's SID does not exist
before registration; a failed grant rolls back the registration.
- internal/config: .env-style config file (gpu-turnstile.env next to the
exe, -config flag or GPU_TURNSTILE_CONFIG); process env overrides file.
- internal/service: Windows service via golang.org/x/sys/windows/svc —
graceful SCM stop, 'service install/remove' commands, restart-on-failure
recovery (also applies staged updates). First external dependency,
Windows-only; Linux/Docker build unaffected (go.mod stays at 1.23).
- internal/update: polls the Gitea releases API, verifies the Ed25519
signature of the downloaded binary against an embedded public key
(openssl-signed by CI), swaps it in next to the running exe, and once
the GPU lock is idle exits with code 3 so service recovery restarts
onto the new version. Dev builds and empty pubkey never update.
- CI: tag builds additionally produce gpu-turnstile.exe + .sig + .sha256
attached to a Gitea release.
- LOG_FILE env var so the service has somewhere to log.
mram