Error 5 access is denied windows server

I’m getting this error when I try to start a windows service I’ve created in C#:

My Code so far:

private ServiceHost host = null;

public RightAccessHost()
{
    InitializeComponent();
}

protected override void OnStart(string[] args)
{
    host = new ServiceHost(typeof(RightAccessWcf));
    host.Open();
}

protected override void OnStop()
{
    if (host != null)
        host.Close();
    host = null;
}

Update #1

I solved the issue above by granting permissions to the account NETWORK SERVICE but now I have an another problem:

Update #2

Service cannot be started. System.InvalidOperationException: Service ‘RightAccessManagementWcf.RightAccessWcf’ has zero application (non-infrastructure) endpoints. This might be because no configuration file was found for your application, or because no service element matching the service name could be found in the configuration file, or because no endpoints were defined in the service element.
at System.ServiceModel.Description.DispatcherBuilder.EnsureThereAreNonMexEndpoints(ServiceDescription description)
at System.ServiceModel.Description.DispatcherBuilder.InitializeServiceHost(ServiceDescription description, ServiceHostBase serviceHost)
at System.ServiceModel.ServiceHostBase.InitializeRuntime()
at System.ServiceModel.ServiceHostBase.OnOpen(TimeSpan timeout)
at System.ServiceModel.Channels.CommunicationObject.Open(TimeSpan timeout)
at RightAccessHosting.RightAccessHost.OnStart(String[] args) in C:Users….

Computer -> Manage -> Service -> [your service] properties.
Then the the tab with the account information. Play with those settings, like run the service with administrator account or so.

That did it for me.

EDIT:
What also can be the problem is that, most services are run as LOCAL SERVICE or LOCAL SYSTEM accounts. Now when you run C:/my-admin-dir/service.exe with those accounts but they are not allowed to execute anything in that directory, you will get error 5. So locate the executable of the service, RMB the directory -> Properties -> Security and make sure that the account the service is run with, is in the list of users that are alloewd to have full control over the directory.

answered Aug 1, 2012 at 6:04

Make sure the Path to executable points to an actual executable (Right click service -> Properties -> General tab).
Via powershell (and sc.exe) you can install a service without pointing it to an actual executable… ahem.

I also got the same error , It resolved by
Right click on Service > Properties >Log On > log on as : Local System Account.

if you are a having an access denied error code 5. then probably in your code your service is trying to interact with some files in the system like writing to a log file

open the services properties select log on tab and check option to allow service to interact with the desktop,

answered Oct 27, 2017 at 23:01

For me — the folder from which the service was to run, and the files in it, were encrypted using the Windows «Encrypt» option. Removing that and — voila!

This error happens when there is a error in your OnStart method. You cannot open a host directly in OnStart method because it will not actually open when it is called, but instead it will wait for the control. So you have to use a thread. This is my example.

public partial class Service1 : ServiceBase
{
    ServiceHost host;
    Thread hostThread;
    public Service1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
         hostThread= new Thread(new ThreadStart(StartHosting));

    }

    protected override void OnStart(string[] args)
    {
        hostThread.Start();
    }

    protected void StartHosting()
    {
        host = new ServiceHost(typeof(WCFAuth.Service.AuthService));
        host.Open();
    }

    protected override void OnStop()
    {
        if (host != null)
            host.Close();
    }
}

answered Mar 8, 2018 at 7:27

One of the causes for this error is insufficient permissions (Authenticated Users) in your local folder.
To give permission for ‘Authenticated Users’
Open the security tab in properties of your folder, Edit and Add ‘Authenticated Users’ group and Apply changes.

Once this was done I was able to run services even through network service account (before this I was only able to run with Local system account).

answered Nov 2, 2018 at 13:30

Right click on the service in service.msc and select property.

You will see a folder path under Path to executable like C:UsersMeDesktopprojectTorTortor.exe

Navigate to C:UsersMeDesktopprojectTor and right click on Tor.

Select property, security, edit and then add.
In the text field enter LOCAL SERVICE, click ok and then check the box FULL CONTROL

Click on add again then enter NETWORK SERVICE, click ok, check the box FULL CONTROL

Then click ok (at the bottom)

answered Nov 14, 2017 at 16:49

answered Apr 29, 2014 at 21:00

this.serviceProcessInstaller1.Account = System.ServiceProcess.ServiceAccount.LocalSystem;

Have a look at Process Utilities > Process monitor from http://www.sysinternals.com.

This is tool that allows you monitor what a process does. If you monitor this service process, you should see an access denied somewhere, and on what resource the access denied is given.

answered Nov 24, 2010 at 13:13

For the error 5, i did the opposite to the solution above.
«The first Error 5: Access Denied error was resolved by giving permissions to the output directory to the NETWORK SERVICE account.»

I changed mine to local account, instead of network service account, and because i was logged in as administrator it worked

answered Dec 19, 2012 at 13:09

answered Mar 26, 2014 at 2:43

answered Sep 23, 2014 at 21:45

After banging my had against my desk for a few hours trying to figure this out, somehow my «Main» method got emptied of it’s code!

ServiceBase[] ServicesToRun;
ServicesToRun = new ServiceBase[] 
{ 
    new DMTestService()
};
ServiceBase.Run(ServicesToRun);

Other solutions I found:

• Updating the .NET framework to 4.0

• Making sure the service name inside the InitializeComponent() matches the installer service name property

  private void InitializeComponent()
  ...
  this.ServiceName = "DMTestService";
  

• And a nice server restart doesn’t hurt

Szhlopp

answered May 5, 2015 at 23:53

answered Jul 8, 2015 at 14:30

I had this issue today on a service that I was developing, and none of the other suggestions on this question worked. In my case, I had a missing .dll dependency in the folder where the service ran from.

When I added the dependencies, the issue went away.

answered Jul 21, 2015 at 16:45

answered Oct 8, 2016 at 5:17

I don’t know if my answer would make sense to many, but I too faced the same issue and the solution was outrageously simple. All I had to do was to open the program which I used to run the code as an administrator. (right-click —> Run as Administrator).

That was all.

answered Aug 29, 2018 at 12:43

answered Oct 30, 2019 at 10:24

All other answers talk about permissions issues — which make sense, given that’s what the error message refers to.

However, in my case, it was caused by a simple exception in my service code (System.IndexOutOfRangeException, but it could be anything).

Hence, when this error occurs, one should look inside their log and look for exceptions.

answered Sep 13, 2021 at 10:45

answered Sep 11, 2015 at 9:04