Process Start in IIS

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Want to execute a exe within Application directory, in Dev system it works fine. In IIS, it is not executed, I have tried below points:

set default application pool to local system<br /> <br /> set defualtpool, NETWORK_SERVICE, Everyone access to exe

Enabled 32 bit application to application pool

Server Version : Windows Server 2012

IIS Version: IIS 8.0

Below is my code

C#

p.StartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo();

p.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;

p.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;

p.StartInfo.FileName = System.AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory.ToString() +                                "wkhtmltopdf\wkhtmltopdf.exe";

string arg1 = "";

arg1 = "www.google.com" + " test.pdf";

p.StartInfo.Arguments = arg1;

p.StartInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;

p.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;

p.Start();

p.WaitForExit(60000);

p.Close();

p.Dispose();

Posted 23-Sep-15 23:35pm

rbala006

Updated 24-Sep-15 13:52pm

Paul Conrad

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Herman<T>.Instance 24-Sep-15 11:24am

Which settings differ between the 2 IIS instances?

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Dave Kreskowiak · Answer 1 · 2015-09-24T14:33:00

And the error message would be ...... ?

When everything is running on your DEV system, it's because the IIS Express server on your machine is running as YOU. The site code is running as YOU. They have all the same permissions you do.

When you deploy to a production server, the code is running as some service account in a very restricted sandbox, including being denied write-access to the folders in which the code is running. This is for security reasons.

I'm GUESSING that the tool you're running is either unable to write out the PDF file because the directory is read-only to the application pool account that your're using and/or the service cannot get out to the web because of permissions or some authentication problem if you have a proxy server your have to go through to get internet access.