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File Permissions and CAS

Hi,
I need to deploy an application (.exe) on the server, and be able to run it from other computers within the network. I have built a simple app as a tester which creates a textwriter and saves a simple txt file. I keep getting the error: "Request for the permission of type 'System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermission....failed'. This will occur if I change my code to access a different reference (other than IO), also. I have done MANY things to try to rectify this, to no avail. One thing being: I have modified the policy for my local intranet zone to FullTrust (using the .NET 2.0 configuration utility) And this STILL does not work! I thought that would be a no-brainer! Maybe if you guys can help me with this task , I can figure out how to modify the permissions from there. Maybe I am doing it all wrong? Here is what I am doing:
Deploy setup file on server from msi
run program on server-works!
switch to networked desktop computer...
run configuration utility and change "machine" local intranet zone to FullTrust
(I also tried creating a new group, setting a URL, and setting it to fullTrust...didn't work)
Try running program from \\myservername\Program Files\myProgram\myProgram.exe
Get the above error!

I have sharing and security wide-open right now...full control from EVERYONE.

pertinent part of the code:
 
using System.IO;
 
private void mymethod()
{
    TextWriter tw = new StreamWriter(@"C:\Program Files\myProgram\logs\log.txt");
            tw.WriteLine(txtBxLog.Text.ToString());
            tw.Close();
}

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graye

Yes, this is an example of the .Net Framework's own Code Access Security (CAS) settings on each of the client PCs.
Take a look at the following article that explains it all, and show how to deploy a CAS policy update: http://www.emmet-gray.com/Articles/CodeAccessSecurity.htm

accits

ASKER

I have looked over the document and am still stumped, as I have already increased my local intranet zone to FullTrust. I will go over it in more detail and try to troubleshoot.

Is there anything I need to do on the server (windows 2003)? I am developing the application, then deploying the application on the server, then going back to the development machine to try accessing the application. It is on the developemt machine that I have configured FullTrust. I have, for the time being, disabled the firewalls on both machines, and configured sharing and security permissions for the "EVERYONE" users group to "full control".

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accits

ASKER

thanks graye. The document you sent helped me to troubleshoot. It seems as if the server location was added as a "Trusted Site" at some time, and the "Trusted Site" policy was not full trust. Therefore, even though I went through all of the steps for strong-naming and adding my application to other zones, it was still looking at the wrong policy. A few corrections, and now it works!
Thanks