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();
}
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://dataiis/f$/Altitude3%20Transfert/IISDirectorySwitch/IISSwitcher.exe ---------------------------------------- System.Windows.Forms Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900) CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll ---------------------------------------- System Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900) CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll ---------------------------------------- System.Drawing Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900) CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll ---------------------------------------- Nms.IIS.Business Assembly Version: 1.0.295.8874 Win32 Version: 1.0.295.8874 CodeBase: file://dataiis/f$/Altitude3%20Transfert/IISDirectorySwitch/Nms.IIS.Business.DLL ---------------------------------------- Nms.Core Assembly Version: 1.0.1954.8874 Win32 Version: 1.0.1954.8874 CodeBase: file://dataiis/f$/Altitude3%20Transfert/IISDirectorySwitch/Nms.Core.DLL ---------------------------------------- System.Configuration Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900) CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Configuration/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Configuration.dll ---------------------------------------- System.Xml Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900) CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll ---------------------------------------- Microsoft.Practices.Unity Assembly Version: 1.2.0.0 Win32 Version: 1.2.0.0 CodeBase: file://dataiis/f$/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: 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.