applicationHost.config Error: Cannot write configuration file due to insufficient permissions with IIS shared configuration

c# security iis file-permissions windows-server-2008-r2
Cédric Boivin picture Cédric Boivin · Feb 17, 2011 · Viewed 50.8k times · Source

I use the Microsoft.Web.Administration.ServerManager class to manage a web site in a windows service.

I use impersonation in my code, with an admin user, the user has the right to modify my applicationHost.config but I always get the following error when I do a .CommitChanges();.

There is an example of my code.

  using (ServerManager svr = ServerManager.OpenRemote(args.IISName))
      {           
        Site currentSite = svr.Sites.Where(item => item.Id == args.WebSite.Id).FirstOrDefault();            
        currentSite.Applications[0].VirtualDirectories[0].PhysicalPath = args.WebSite.PhysicalPath;
        svr.CommitChanges();           

      }

I find this solutions, but my dcom properties object is lock

Unhandled exception has occured in your application. If you click Continue, the application will ignore this error and attempt to continue. If you click Quit, the application will close immediately. FileName \?\UNC[MY PATH]\applicationHost.config Error: Cannot write configuration file due to insufficient permissions

My setup is Windows 2008 R2, IIS 7.5, framework 3.5 and my applicationHost.config is on a SAN

What could I try ?

See the end of this message for details on invoking 
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Filename: \\?\[MY PATH]\applicationHost.config
Error: Cannot write configuration file due to insufficient permissions


   at Microsoft.Web.Administration.Interop.IAppHostWritableAdminManager.CommitChanges()
   at Microsoft.Web.Administration.ConfigurationManager.CommitChanges()
   at Microsoft.Web.Administration.ServerManager.CommitChanges()
   at Nms.IIS.Business.Manager.IISManager70.UpdateWebSiteEntity(UpdateWebSiteEntityArgs args)
   at Nms.IIS.Business.Service.IISService70.UpdateWebSiteEntity(UpdateWebSiteEntityArgs args)
   at IISSwitcher.Form1.btnProccess_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) in C:\Form1.cs:line 70
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4952 (win7RTMGDR.050727-4900)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
IISSwitcher
    Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 1.0.0.0
    CodeBase: file://[mypatch]/Altitude3%20Transfert/IISDirectorySwitch/IISSwitcher.exe
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
----------------------------------------
System
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Drawing
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
----------------------------------------
Nms.IIS.Business
    Assembly Version: 1.0.295.8874
    Win32 Version: 1.0.295.8874
    CodeBase: file://[mypatch]/Altitude3%20Transfert/IISDirectorySwitch/Nms.IIS.Business.DLL
----------------------------------------
Nms.Core
    Assembly Version: 1.0.1954.8874
    Win32 Version: 1.0.1954.8874
    CodeBase: file://[mypatch]/Altitude3%20Transfert/IISDirectorySwitch/Nms.Core.DLL
----------------------------------------
System.Configuration
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Configuration/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Configuration.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Xml
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll
----------------------------------------
Microsoft.Practices.Unity
    Assembly Version: 1.2.0.0
    Win32 Version: 1.2.0.0
    CodeBase: file://[mypatch]/Altitude3%20Transfert/IISDirectorySwitch/Microsoft.Practices.Unity.DLL
----------------------------------------
Microsoft.Practices.Unity.Interception
    Assembly Version: 1.2.0.0
    Win32 Version: 1.2.0.0
    CodeBase: file://Microsoft.Practices.Unity.Interception.DLL
----------------------------------------
Microsoft.Practices.ObjectBuilder2
    Assembly Version: 2.2.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.2.0.0
    CodeBase: file://Microsoft.Practices.ObjectBuilder2.DLL
----------------------------------------
System.Core
    Assembly Version: 3.5.0.0
    Win32 Version: 3.5.30729.4926 built by: NetFXw7
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Core/3.5.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Core.dll
----------------------------------------
Nms.Core.resources
    Assembly Version: 1.0.1954.8874
    Win32 Version: 1.0.1954.8874
    CodeBase: file://Nms.Core.resources.DLL
----------------------------------------
Unity_ILEmit_InterfaceProxies
    Assembly Version: 0.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 1.2.0.0
    CodeBase: file://Microsoft.Practices.Unity.Interception.dll
----------------------------------------
Microsoft.Web.Administration
    Assembly Version: 7.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 6.1.7600.16385
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Microsoft.Web.Administration/7.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35/Microsoft.Web.Administration.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Runtime.Serialization
    Assembly Version: 3.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 3.0.4506.4926 (NetFXw7.030729-4900)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Runtime.Serialization/3.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Runtime.Serialization.dll
----------------------------------------

************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
    <system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.

Answer

Murat picture Murat · Dec 8, 2014

In our case the server disk was full. We added addtional disk space and the problem is solved.

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