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SSL Cert Request Access Denied Eric Renken
12/28/2004 12:32:10 AM
iis security: I have a Windows 2003 server that is a member of a Windows 2000 domain, but
is not a domain controller. I am trying to create a SSL cert for it, but
when I go though the wizard to request a cert every time it gets to the
point of writing the certreq.txt file I get an access denied on the final
screen. I have tried saving the file in may different location and I always
get this error. Right now I am unable to create a SSL cert on that server.

Any suggestions?

Eric Renken

Re: SSL Cert Request Access Denied Eric Renken
12/28/2004 4:05:39 PM
All I get is the screen before it tries to create it is a FILE NOT FOUND,
but when I click next to go to create the file, I get nothing. I set a
filter on certreq.txt, and nothing new shows up in the monitor.

Eric Renken

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Re: SSL Cert Request Access Denied Ken Schaefer
12/28/2004 10:00:42 PM
Can you use Filemon (www.sysinternals.com) and confirm that it's a file
permissions problem?

Cheers
Ken

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Re: SSL Cert Request Access Denied v-wzhang NO[at]SPAM online.microsoft.com (
12/29/2004 9:57:31 AM
Hi Eric,

You may set filter as: mmc.exe;inetinfo.exe to have a try.

Happy holidays!

Best regards,

WenJun Zhang
Microsoft Online Support
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Re: SSL Cert Request Access Denied Eric Renken
12/29/2004 4:54:04 PM
That did it, the application that is trying to access this is the mmc.exe.

I was being denied access to:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\Microsoft\Crypto\RSA\MachineKeys

Interesting problem, but giving admins access to that directory fixed it.
It must have been turned off at one point.

Thanks,

Eric Renken

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Re: SSL Cert Request Access Denied v-wzhang NO[at]SPAM online.microsoft.com (
12/30/2004 8:55:40 AM
Missing permission on MachineKeys is a familiar cause of IIS SSL
issues.

Happy holidays!

Best regards,

WenJun Zhang
Microsoft Online Support
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
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