Microsoft KB Archive/824308

= BUG: IWAM Account Is Not Granted the Impersonate Privilege for ASP.NET 1.1 on a Windows 2000 Domain Controller with SP4 =

Article ID: 824308

Article Last Modified on 4/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft ASP.NET 1.1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4

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SYMPTOMS
When you install ASP.NET 1.1 on a computer running on a Windows 2000 Server domain controller with Service Pack 4 (SP4) installed, the IWAM account is not granted impersonate user rights for ASP.NET 1.1. When you request an ASP.NET 1.1 page, you may receive the following error message:

Server Error in '/iwamtest' Application.

Access is denied.

Description An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current Web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details System.ApplicationException: Access is denied.

Source Error

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current Web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.

Stack Trace

[ApplicationException: Access is denied. ]

System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity._ResolveIdentity(IntPtr         userToken) +0 System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity.get_Name +71 System.Web.Configuration.AuthorizationConfigRule.IsUserAllowed(IPrincipal user,         String verb) +100 System.Web.Configuration.AuthorizationConfig.IsUserAllowed(IPrincipal user,         String verb) +81 System.Web.Security.UrlAuthorizationModule.OnEnter(Object          source, EventArgs eventArgs) +178 System.Web.SyncEventExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication+IExecutionStep.Execute +60 System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean&         completedSynchronously) +87



CAUSE
You may experience the behavior when the user account that you use to run the program does not have the Impersonate a client after authentication user right (the SeImpersonatePrivilege function). When you upgrade Windows 2000 Server Domain Controller to SP4, the user account (IWAM) is not granted SeImpersonatePrivilege, and then programs that use impersonation may not work correctly.



WORKAROUND
To work around the problem, manually assign Impersonate a client after authentication to the IWAM account. To do so, follow these steps:
 * 1) Click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Domain Controller Security Policy.
 * 2) Click Security Settings.
 * 3) Click Local Policies, and then click User Rights Assignment.
 * 4) In the right pane, double-click Impersonate a client after authentication.
 * 5) In the Security Policy Setting window, click Define these policy settings.
 * 6) Click Add, and then click Browse.
 * 7) In the Select Users or Groups window, select the IWAM account name, click Add, and then click OK.
 * 8) Click OK, and then click OK again.
 * 9) To enforce an update of computer policy, type the following command:

secedit /refreshpolicy machine_policy /enforce
 * 1) At a command prompt, type iisreset.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



Steps to Reproduce the Behavior
 Install Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 3 (SP3).

To download SP3, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/sp3/default.mspx In Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, use Microsoft Visual Basic .NET or Microsoft Visual C# to create a new ASP.NET Web Application project. Name the project IWAMtest. By default, WebForm1.aspx is created. In Design view, right-click WebForm1, and then click View HTML Source.  Replace the existing code with the following code: <%@ Page %> WebForm1  <form id=&quot;WebForm1&quot; method=&quot;post&quot; runat=&quot;server&quot;> GetCurrent.Name= <%=System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent.Name%> </li>  Use Microsoft Notepad.exe to edit the Web.config file, and then set the impersonate right to true as follows: <system.web> <identity impersonate=&quot;true&quot; /> </system.web> </li> Promote the Windows 2000 Server to a domain controller.

</li> At a command prompt in Visual Studio, type the following:

cd %windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.0.3705 .</li> To restore the access control lists (ACLs) for the process account, type the following command at a command prompt in Visual Studio:

Aspnet_regiis -i .</li> Upgrade the Windows 2000 Server with Service Pack 4 (SP4).

To download SP4, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/sp4/default.mspx</li> Install .NET Framework version 1.1 on the Windows 2000 Server.</li> To test the application, type http://localhost/IWAMtest/WebForm1.aspx in the browser.</li> You can see that the IWAM account does not have administrator credentials, and then you may receive the error message in the &quot;Symptoms&quot; section.</li></ol>

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