>I have a problem with .NET COM+ component which cannot access the private
> key of the client certificate. The problem seems to be that when the user
> on
> which privileges the COM+ server application is running is logged in, the
> certificate can be accessed. But as soon as the user logs out the I get
> forbidden errors on the server.
>
> I've tried to put the certificate in the users personal store and in the
> local machine personal store and granting privileges to it using
> WinHttpCertCfg.exe.
>
> I'm not entirely sure the problem is caused by the accessing the
> certificate
> store, but in my mind it seems to be the only explanation on this.
>
> The same source code is running also as a web service (we have COM+ Client
> and Web Service Client which both are using the same DLL to call the web
> service). But with the web service we haven't had any problems.
>
> The public key of the certificate is exported to directory accessible by
> the
> user running the component and the code to put the certificate to the
> request
> is as follows:
> this.m_ecdssrv.ClientCertificates.Add( X509Certificate.CreateFromCertFile(
> str_CertPath ) );
>
> On the end point server the eventlog shows:
> 2008-01-31 06:30:08 192.168.158.2 POST /ecdsweb/ECDSResolver.asmx - 443 -
> 195.24.29.178
> Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+6.0;+MS+Web+Services+Client+Protocol+1.1.4322.2407)
> 403 7 5
>
> PS. I thought that this problem is caused by server so I posted this to
> windows server forum where they thought that the problem is related to our
> component and not to a server.