security problem when writing to windows application log

[Rob Latour]

The following (vb.net code) works great on 2000 and XP but not on Vista:


Dim ev As New EventLog("Application", System.Environment.MachineName,
"MyProgramName")

Dim LogText As String = "Hello world"

Dim EntryType As System.Diagnostics.EventLogEntryType =
EventLogEntryType.Information

ev.WriteEntry(LogText, EntryType, LogEventID)

ev.Close()



The following excpetion is thrown on Vista:



System.Security.SecurityException: The source was not found, but some or
all event logs could not be searched. Inaccessible logs: Security.
at System.Diagnostics.EventLog.FindSourceRegistration(String source,
String machineName, Boolean readOnly)
at System.Diagnostics.EventLog.SourceExists(String source, String
machineName)
at System.Diagnostics.EventLog.VerifyAndCreateSource(String sourceName,
String currentMachineName)
at System.Diagnostics.EventLog.WriteEntry(String message,
EventLogEntryType type, Int32 eventID, Int16 category, Byte[] rawData)
at System.Diagnostics.EventLog.WriteEntry(String message,
EventLogEntryType type, Int32 eventID)



Any ideas on what extra is needed for Vista?

Thanks in advance, Rob

 

[Yuriy Shkolnikov [MSFT]]

Did you try running this elevated (as elevated admininstrator) ?

 

[Rob Latour]

Turns out I had to add an 'event log source'; this was not required in 2000
or xp but appears to be required in vista.

thanks, Rob

Did you try running this elevated (as elevated admininstrator) ?

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Regards,
Yuriy

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The following (vb.net code) works great on 2000 and XP but not on Vista:


Dim ev As New EventLog("Application", System.Environment.MachineName,
"MyProgramName")

Dim LogText As String = "Hello world"

Dim EntryType As System.Diagnostics.EventLogEntryType =
EventLogEntryType.Information

ev.WriteEntry(LogText, EntryType, LogEventID)

ev.Close()



The following excpetion is thrown on Vista:



System.Security.SecurityException: The source was not found, but some
or
all event logs could not be searched. Inaccessible logs: Security.
at System.Diagnostics.EventLog.FindSourceRegistration(String source,
String machineName, Boolean readOnly)
at System.Diagnostics.EventLog.SourceExists(String source, String
machineName)
at System.Diagnostics.EventLog.VerifyAndCreateSource(String
sourceName,
String currentMachineName)
at System.Diagnostics.EventLog.WriteEntry(String message,
EventLogEntryType type, Int32 eventID, Int16 category, Byte[] rawData)
at System.Diagnostics.EventLog.WriteEntry(String message,
EventLogEntryType type, Int32 eventID)



Any ideas on what extra is needed for Vista?

Thanks in advance, Rob