> Thanks, Joe.
>
> I was able to determine what my problems are using the tool you
> recommended.
> I have already worked around one and can pose the other to the
> development
> group responsible for the libraries that I am using.
>
> Very useful piece of software.
> Thanks again.
> --
> Tim
>
>
> "Joe Kaplan" wrote:
>
>> Generally, when an app behaves differently depending on the user who is
>> running it, this is because of Windows security, not Code Access
>> Security.
>> CAS determines what the code is allowed to do independent of the user who
>> is
>> running it. As such, permcalc isn't likely to be of much use.
>>
>> You might consider using a tool like process monitor to see if there are
>> any
>> files or registry key accesses that are generating an access denied error
>> during execution. This is often a good indication of the Windows
>> permission
>> that is being requested and not granted and my give you some idea where
>> to
>> look.
>>
>> Note also that if you don't have the source code for some of your
>> assemblies, you can often do a serviceable job of recovering it with
>> Reflector with the file disassembler plug-in.
>>
>> Joe K.
>>
>> --
>> Joe Kaplan-MS MVP Directory Services Programming
>> Co-author of "The .NET Developer's Guide to Directory Services
>> Programming"
>> http://www.directoryprogramming.net
>> --
>> "ItsOnlyAFleshWound" <ItsOnlyAFleshWound@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>> in
>> message news:54B5DA96-F5D4-4EC2-9888-08BE32A439D1@microsoft.com...
>> > .Net gurus,
>> >
>> > I have written an app that works great on my dev workstation. When I
>> > load
>> > it on the corporate server, it fails, seemingly with an error unrelated
>> > to
>> > security. (It says it cannot load a resource string, while all
>> > resources
>> > are
>> > embedded in the assembly.) However, when I get the admin of the server
>> > to
>> > run the program with admin rights, it succeeds. "Fix the security,"
>> > you
>> > say,
>> > and you're right of course.
>> >
>> > Here are the complications of fixing the security.
>> > 1. It is using a common library of assemblies which were developed by a
>> > number of individuals at my company, many of whom no longer work here.
>> > I
>> > have no idea how they might have set up security.
>> > 2. My company is using .Net 1.1, so I cannot use PermCalc. At least I
>> > think
>> > not.
>> > 3. Permview doesn't give me much: ReflectionPermission
>> > (TypeInformation,
>> > MemberAccess) and SecurityPermission (Execution,
>> > SerializationFormatter).
>> > Doesn't sound like it should need admin rights.
>> >
>> > What I'm after is:
>> > 1. How do I determine which operations in my assembly require local
>> > administrator on the box to run?
>> > 2. Is there a way to work around these, short of just giving the
>> > runtime
>> > account admin privileges?
>> >
>> > Thank you in advance for your assistance.
>> > --
>> > Tim
>>
>>
>>