Re: ASPNET can't write in event log on win XP

From: Kevin Spencer (kevin_at_DIESPAMMERSDIEtakempis.com)
Date: 01/18/05


Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 10:57:17 -0500


> I tried your solution and it didn't work. I also put ASPNET in
> adminstrator
> group and it still not working... I get the same error.

If you tried it and it didn't work, you didn't try it right. You might want
to make sure that the account you assigned permissions to is the account
under which your local ASP.Net app is running. Other than that, GIGO.

-- 
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
.Net Developer
Neither a follower nor a lender be.
"Stephane" <Stephane@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:9D0C5416-4A36-4F83-B379-E258D99C949A@microsoft.com...
> Indeed, I remove full control for everyone... ;-)
>
> I tried your solution and it didn't work. I also put ASPNET in 
> adminstrator
> group and it still not working... I get the same error.
>
> I running short of ideas!!
>
> any other idea?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steph
>
> "Kevin Spencer" wrote:
>
>> > I didn't have this problem on windows 2000. But since I'm on Win XP 
>> > now, I
>> > have to solve this.  I set full control to everyone on every drive of 
>> > my
>> > computer and it still not working...
>>
>> You might want to undo that. Kind of dodgy in terms of security.
>>
>> Changing file and folder permissions isn't going to help anything. You 
>> need
>> to change permissions for the Event Log. That's not a drive, and it's not 
>> a
>> folder. See the following article (which I Googled) to find out how:
>>
>> http://searchvb.techtarget.com/vsnetTip/1,293823,sid8_gci887779_tax293033,00.html
>>
>> -- 
>> HTH,
>>
>> Kevin Spencer
>> Microsoft MVP
>> ..Net Developer
>> Neither a follower nor a lender be.
>>
>> "Stephane" <Stephane@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:A55975E2-6C98-47FB-B07C-E99B14421E24@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I'm sorry, this question is also posted in dotnet.framework, I don't 
>> > know
>> > in
>> > which newsgroup my question belongs to...
>> >
>> > I'm trying to write in the event log and it looks like it's any of my
>> > applications which are called by ASP.NET that are having trouble with
>> > event
>> > log. Here's the
>> > error:
>> >
>> > System.InvalidOperationException: Cannot open log for source {0}. You 
>> > may
>> > not have write access. ---> System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: 
>> > Access
>> > is
>> > denied
>> >
>> > I didn't have this problem on windows 2000. But since I'm on Win XP 
>> > now, I
>> > have to solve this.  I set full control to everyone on every drive of 
>> > my
>> > computer and it still not working...
>> >
>> > Any idea of how to set permissions so ASPNET can write in event log in 
>> > Win
>> > Xp?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Steph
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>> 


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