Attach Console to Service

I currently have a WCF Service Library which will be started through a Console Application acting as ServiceHost. The ServiceHost starts the service and then waits with Console.ReadLine() for the "quit" command. If i do "Console.WriteLine();" in the service this will be printed to the ServiceHosts Console of course. The Service prints some information when the 开发者_如何学JAVAclients connect for example.

Is it possible to have the ServiceHost converted to a real Windows Service (to start up when the machine boots without console window) and attach or detach a command prompt (cmd.exe) or another Console Application to it when needed? For example if I want so see which clients connect from now on?

Thanks in advance!

EDIT: I really woudln't like to write and read a LogFile.

Only if you run on an old operating system, XP is the last one that allows a service to interact with the desktop. You'll need to write a separate app that can run on the user's desktop. Talk to the service through, well, WCF. Or a named pipe or socket.

You would be far better off exposing the properties and methods you wish to access on the WCF Service and then creating a console or desktop application that allowed you to access the properties via the WCF service. As you are not limited to a single End Point or interface you could easily implement some form of authentication and use netTcp binding between applications.