Re: Win XP event log: Access denied

From: Stephane (Stephane_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/18/05 

Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 12:31:03 -0800

I solve my problem using impersonation in web.config like this...

<identity impersonate="true" userName="stephane" password="12345"/>

I guess this is not te best way, but at least it's working on my development
server.

Thanks,

Steph

"richlm" wrote:

> see http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;842795
>
> Yes the default registry permissions on XP/2003 are tighter than on 2000.
>
> The first time your app tries to write to the event log, it checks to see if
> an event source for your application (typically the application name)
> already exists. If not, it tries to create it.
>
> Event log sources are stored in the registry under:
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Eventlog\...
>
> Changing file system permissions will have no effect on the registry. If you
> start regedit.exe and locate the registry key above, right click and select
> 'Permissions' you can see which accounts do have access.
> You could just add the ASPNET account here, but this is a BAD idea because
> it will complicate deployment of your application and weaken security.
>
> The usual solution is to create the event source at installation time using
> EventLog.CreateEventSource (or the EventLogInstaller class). Installation
> will normally be done in the context of an administrator account.
>
> Here's a couple of links to get you started:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vbcon/html/vbwlkWalkthroughCreatingEventLogInstallers.asp
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vbcon/html/vbtskaddingyourapplicationassourceofeventlogentries.asp
>
>
>
>

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