Why I am having Access permission Issue on hosting as web application in IIS 5.1?

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Why I am having Access permission Issue on hosting as web application in IIS 5.1?
I am starting a windows service using asp.net with C# 3.5.

I am able to start/stop the service on a remote machine in debug mode. I am running a service using Service Controller Class .

while hosting I am getting the following error:
System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: Access is denied

Posted 14-Jul-15 1:24am

Alex345098

Updated 14-Jul-15 1:36am

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F-ES Sitecore 14-Jul-15 8:02am

I'm not sure exactly what it is you are doing. If you are trying to programmatically start a remote service then the account your code is running under needs permission to do that. If it is the default anonymous user then it won't, so change the anonymous user account to one that has the required permission.

Richard Deeming 14-Jul-15 8:38am

If you're using IIS 5.1, that means you're hosting your site on Windows XP.

Client versions of Windows are not meant to be used as a web server, and contain artificial limitations to prevent you from using them to host websites.

Also, Windows XP reached end-of-life in April 2014. Since then, no security vulnerabilities have been patched, which means it's an extremely bad idea to use it for a public-facing server!

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2015-07-14T01:34:00

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Probably, because your code is trying to access a hard-coded file or folder that you don't have any permission to use.

So check your code, look for any file access or paths, and check them. Remember, a service doesn't run as you (you aren't logged in when the service starts) so any files it accesses need to be "open" to whatever user it is running under.

Posted 14-Jul-15 1:34am

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Alex345098 14-Jul-15 8:57am

ServiceController service = new ServiceController(serviceName, machineName);
With the above code I am able to start the service in another machine. But it's not working while hosting in IIS.
I am getting issue that cannot start service on Remote Machine. This requires privileges.