Getting Error "Access Denied" On Win Form [duplicate] - c#

I'm trying to save an image to a folder in .NET C# but I get this exception:
Access to the path 'C:\inetpub\wwwroot\mysite\images\savehere' is denied.The error occured at mscorlib because at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy, Boolean useLongPath)
at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy)
at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode)
I gave full control to this folder (savehere) to network service and iis_iusrs, even gave full control to everyone but still getting this exception.
I tried to give access via explorer and via IIS manager, still no luck
I'm doing it on Windows server 2008 R2 and IIS 7.5, Who do I need to give access?

Access to the path 'C:\inetpub\wwwroot\mysite\images\savehere' is denied
Read the message carefully. You are trying to save to a file that has the same name as the directory. That cannot work, you can't overwrite a directory filled with files with a single new file. That would cause undiagnosable data loss, "Access to the path is denied" is the file system fighting back to prevent that from happening.
The exception message is not ideal, but it comes straight from the OS and they are cast in stone. The framework often adds extra checks to generate better messages, but this is an expensive test on a network. Perf is a feature too.
You need to use a name like 'C:\inetpub\wwwroot\mysite\images\savehere\mumble.jpg'. Consider Path.Combine() to reliably generate the path name.

You need to find out from the application pool for the website what is the identity it is running under (by default this is Application Pool Identity) and grant that the correct permissions.

I was having the same problem while trying to create a file on the server (actually a file that is a copy from a template).
Here's the complete error message:
{ERROR} 08/07/2012 22:15:58 - System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path 'C:\inetpub\wwwroot\SAvE\Templates\Cover.pdf' is denied.
I added a new folder called Templates inside the IIS app folder. One very important thing in my case is that I needed to give the Write (Gravar) permission for the IUSR user on that folder. You may also need to give Network Service and ASP.NET v$.# the same Write permission.
After doing this everything works as expected.

I had exactly the same problem.
The solution was that the file I was trying to access was readonly, as it was copied from a template file that was readonly.
<facepalm />

I got this problem when I try to save the file without set the file name.
Old Code
File.WriteAllBytes(#"E:\Folder", Convert.FromBase64String(Base64String));
Working Code
File.WriteAllBytes(#"E:\Folder\"+ fileName, Convert.FromBase64String(Base64String));

My problem was that I had to ask for Read access only:
FileStream fs = new FileStream(name, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);

In my case, I'm trying to access a file that is set to be read-only
And I solved it by disabling read-only and I got it fixed!
Hope it can be helpful for someone experiencing a situation like me.

What Identity is your Application Pool for the Web application running as, to troubleshoot, try creating a new App Pool with say Network Service as its identity and make your web application use that new App Pool you created and see if the error persists.

The following tip isn't an answer to this thread's original question, but might help some other users who end up on this webpage, after making the same stupid mistake I just did...
I was attempting to get an ASP.Net FileUpload control to upload it's file to a network address which contained a "hidden share", namely:
\MyNetworkServer\c$\SomeDirectoryOrOther
I didn't understand it. If I ran the webpage in Debug mode in Visual Studio, it'd work fine. But when the project was deployed, and was running via an Application Pool user, it refused to find this network directory.
I had checked which user my IIS site was running under, gave this user full permissions to this directory on the "MyNetworkServer" server, etc etc, but nothing worked.
The reason (of course!) is that only Administrators are able to "see" these hidden drive shares.
My solution was simply to create a "normal" share to
\MyNetworkServer\SomeDirectoryOrOther
and this got rid of the "Access to the path... is denied" error. The FileUpload was able to successfully run the command
fileUpload.SaveAs(networkFilename);
Hope this helps some other users who make the same mistake I did !
Note also that if you're uploading large files (over 4Mb), then IIS7 requires that you modify the web.config file in two places. Click on this link to read what you need to do:
Uploading large files in ASP.Net

please add IIS_IUSERS full control permission to your folder.
you find this option from security tab in folder properties.

I Solved with this setting:
IIS > Application Pools > [your site] > Advanced Settings... >
Identity > Built-in accound > LocalSystem

My problem was something like that:
FileStream ms = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.ReadWrite);
but instead of using path I should use File.FullName...
I don't know if it's going to help anyone else, just passing my own experience with this erro given!

Change the setting from built-in account to custom account and enter the other server's username and password.
Keep the setting as integrated (instead of classic mode).

If you get this error while uploading files in Sub domain And working correct in your localhost, then follow below steps:
Solution:
Plesk Panel
Login to your Plesk Panel. Select Your Sub domain which is giving error.
Click on Hosting settings.
Select Additional write/modify permissions and Apply.
CPanel
I am not sure about options available in CPanel. But IF you give permission to directory (In CPanel it has to be decimal number like 777, 755) will resolve the error.
For more details refer here
Reason for Error:
Let's Assume FileUpload.SaveAs(Server.MapPath("~/uploads/" + *YOUR_FILENAME*)) will be your code to move your files to upload path.
Server.MapPath will give you physical path (Real Path) of directory. But your Sub domain may don't have permission for access physical path.
So, If you give permission for sub domain to access write/modify permission, it will resolve the issue.

you need to add access parameter with ReadWrite value as following
using (var stream = new FileStream(localPath, FileMode.Create, access : FileAccess.ReadWrite))
{
file.CopyTo(stream);
}

Make Directory savehere to be virtual directory and give read/write permission from control panel

Had a directory by the same name as the file i was trying to write, so people can look out for that as well.

I encountered this problem while developing on my local workstation.
After several unsuccessful iisreset invocations, I remedied this situation by rebooting my machine.
In retrospect, an open file handle may have been causing issues.

In my case I had to add a .NET Authorization Rule for the web site in IIS.
I added a rule to allow anonymous users.

I had the same problem but I fixed it by saving the file in a different location and then copying the file and pasting it in the location where I wanted it to be. I used the option to replace the the existing file and that did the trick for me. I know this is not the most efficient way but it works and takes less than 15 seconds.

Maybe it'il help you.
string tempDirectoryPath = #"C:\Users\HOPE\Desktop\Test Folder";
string zipFilePath = #"C:\Users\HOPE\Desktop\7za920.zip";
Directory.CreateDirectory(tempDirectoryPath);
ZipFile.ExtractToDirectory(zipFilePath, tempDirectoryPath);

I had a lot of trouble with this, specifically related to my code running locally but when I needed to run it on IIS it was throwing this error. I found that adding a check to my code and letting the application create the folder on the first run fixed the issue without having to mess with the folders authorizations.
something like this before you call your method that uses the folder
bool exists = System.IO.Directory.Exists("mypath");
if (!exists)
System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory("mypath");

You can try to check if your web properties for the project didn't switch to IIS Express and change it back to IIS Local

Make sure you that your target in System.IO.Delete(string file) is a file which is existed.
Maybe there is a mistake in your code ;Like you don't pass the correct file name to the method , or your target is a folder. In these cases you'll see the : "access to the path is denied error".

I recently encountered the problem while trying to access a file that was passed through command-line parameters into my .Net Core application, It happened due to the fact that when the application is run under a "Open with" (System explorer context menu under a file) system menu, the currently active user may vary, and the user didn't have the access right to my external drive that I was trying to open a file from.
It took me like 3-4 hours to understand and I solved it by setting the security settings for the folder that contained the file.
For Windows 10 x64 :
Just use Properties -> Security -> Users and Groups -> Change.. -> Add -> Additional -> Search -> <your windows account name> -> OK -> OK -> Set full access for your current account. Also make sure that the file is "unblocked" in properties.

I created a virtual dir with full permission and added the ffmpeg source and video files there, so finally it made sense as it can be acess by anyone.

Related

File.Exists() always returns false on IIS

The file path that I'm checking with File.Exists() resides on a mapped drive (Z:\hello.txt). The code runs fine in debug environment, however in IIS, it always returns false
var fullFileName = string.Format("{0}\\{1}", ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["FileName"], fileName);
if (System.IO.File.Exists(fullFileName))
Why is this so, and how can I workaround this?
I have granted everyone full read/write permissions in that mapped drive
EDIT:
I tried deleting the file via \\192.168.1.12\Examples\Files\2.xml and I get the same result. It doesn't detect the file on IIS, but works fine on debug
I think your application do not has permission on "Z:"
Is "Z:" network disk?
I have had similar issues using network mapped drives, when running debug code application works perfectly and when running release version application cannot find the file.
If the files are stored on the same server as the application is deployed we found a solution by storing the local drive directory location of the mapped drive for example Z:\files\ could be E:\folder\folder1\
If the application is deployed on a separate server we found using the full network name works for example \\server1\folder\
I hope this proves helpful to you.
Your web application is running under a certain security context and you need to find out what context this is. If it's a normal user, open a command prompt as the user (using the runas tool), map the required drive using the command prompt (be sure to use the /persistent:yes flag)
Alternatively why can't you just use a UNC path (\\serverName\shareName) and avoid all this nonsense?
EDIT: 2013-05-27
To troubleshoot this, create a new application pool, based on whatever app pool you want. Then set the identity that this pool runs under as shown in the attached screenshot.
Make sure that this user has the correct privileges on the file share and then retest it
May be you should use Path.DirectorySeparatorChar

How do I configure my ASP.NET directory to allow writing a log file?

Ok so I believe I am doing something very easy here. I have written an ASP.NET web page and it is just trying to write to the local directory.
I am using the following code:
System.IO.File.WriteAllLines("log.txt", messages);
I am throwing the following exception.
Access to the path 'c:\windows\system32\inetsrv\log.txt' is denied.
My ASP.NET application sits in the following directory.
c:\inetpub\wwwroot\sites\mysite\
So I am confused as to why it is trying to write to c:\windows\system32\inetsrv\ directory when I am not supplying that directory itself.
I have tried changing the code to the following but it gives me the same error message with a new directory.
System.IO.File.WriteAllLines("c:\\inetpub\\wwwroot\\sites\mysite\log.txt", messages);
Edit 1
It was hard to accept an answer on this because everyone really helped me out a ton. I accepted tom_yes_tom's answer because he was the first to post his response which was the first half of my problem. The other half of my problem was related to hbrock's solution that Fabio pointed out.
Create the folder "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\sites\mysite\App_Data" and save your data there instead.
System.IO.File.WriteAllLines(Server.MapPath("~/App_Data/log.txt"))
If you absolutely must save it to the mysite directory, be aware of security ramifications of putting a log file there and set directory permissions appropriately. The user that IIS is running under needs to be able to read and write that directory.
Full qualifying path: System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Server
You're receiving "Access to the path 'c:\windows\system32\inetsrv\log.txt' is denied." when you execute System.IO.File.WriteAllLines("log.txt", messages) because c:\windows\system32\inetsrv is the directory where the IIS executable is located (w3wp.exe).
You have to use Server.MapPath so it gives you the physical path of your virtual directory.
Look which user is running your virtual directory's application pool, and give him write permissions on the folder of your virtual directory.
This should help:
To grant read, write, and modify permissions to a specific file
In Windows Explorer, locate and select the required file.
Right-click the file, and then click Properties.
In the Properties dialog box, click the Security tab.
On the Security tab, examine the list of users. If the Network Service account is not listed, add it.
In the Properties dialog box, click the Network Service user name, and in the Permissions for NETWORK SERVICE section, select the Read, Write, and Modify permissions.
Click Apply, and then click OK
information from: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff647402.aspx#paght000015_fileaccess

Access denied error

I am trying to delete the excel file from a specipic location . but can't deleting. having error :
Access to the path 'C:\mypath\sample.xlsx' is denied.
I write a code as :
protected void imgbtnImport_Click(object sender, ImageClickEventArgs e)
{
try
{
string strApplicationPath = HttpContext.Current.Request.MapPath(HttpContext.Current.Request.ApplicationPath);
string strXLStoredDirectoryPath = strApplicationPath + "/Information Documents/";
DirectoryInfo di = new DirectoryInfo(strXLStoredDirectoryPath);
string fileName = flUpldSelectFile.FileName;
if (!File.Exists(strXLStoredDirectoryPath))
{
Directory.CreateDirectory(strXLStoredDirectoryPath);
di.Attributes = FileAttributes.Normal;
}
string strCreateXLFileDestinationPath = strXLStoredDirectoryPath + fileName;
if (File.Exists(strCreateXLFileDestinationPath))
{
File.Delete(strCreateXLFileDestinationPath);
}
flUpldSelectFile.SaveAs(strCreateXLFileDestinationPath);
di.Attributes = FileAttributes.ReadOnly;
}
catch (Exception)
{
throw;
}
}
please guide.........
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Still problem there . it is not resolved . getting UnauthorizedAccessException. as access denied to deleting file. I m tired now . please help; I tried many things..please help
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Is may be iffect of VSS ? i am using that
UPDATE:
Part of your issue might be what is saving/creating this file. If you're using a built in "Save" or "SaveAs" feature the underlying file stream might still have a lock on the file. writing your own save logic with a FileStream wrapped in a Using statement will help dispose the stream right when you're done thus allowing you to further manipulate the file within the same context.
if flUpldSelectFile.SaveAs(strCreateXLFileDestinationPath); is the only logic that saves the file then get rid of the built in SaveAs functionality. write your own save logic using a FileStream wrapped in a Using block.
In your example i can't see what flUpldSelectFile is so i am assuming it is a System.Web.UI.WebControls.FileUpload control. Here is an example of rolling your own save logic.
using (FileStream fs = new FileStream(strCreateXLFileDestinationPath, FileMode.Create))
{
byte[] buffer = flUpldSelectFile.FileBytes;
fs.Write(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
}
As stated previously, use this tool to find out if there is a lock on the file by another process.
ORIGINAL
Pop open this wonderful tool and search for that file to see who/what has it locked
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx
(source: microsoft.com)
If your code is working under IIS , Note that ASPNET user doesn't have access to computer files, you should give access to it, that is not recommended, or store you files in the place where ASPNET user have access
see here
Try a combination of these 2 steps:
Set the IIS application pool to run under an account with privileges such as a domain account or local user account (not a default account like local service or local system). Instructions for IIS7.
Turn impersonation on in the web.config file, in the <system.web> section:
<identity impersonate="true"/>
<identity impersonate="true" userName="contoso\Jane" password="password"/>
I think the message is clear, you do not have authorization to delete the file or it is opened by another application. I bet 2$ you can't delete the file manually either.
As others have said, this is because IIS runs your application as a user with restricted access rights. This is a wise security precaution, so that your system is less vulnerable to malicious attacks.
What you need to do is to give the ASPNET user access to the specific folder. You do that from the security tab in the properties of a folder. The user you need to give full control to depends on the version of IIS you are using. In Windows XP it is ASPNET. In Windows Server 2003, 2008 and Windows Vista, 7 it is NETWORK_SERVICE.
See also this question for more details.
Make sure the file isn't opened or
locked by another user/process.
Make sure ASPNET user has access on the file\folder (check the file\folder's property using windows explorer and go to security tab. check if ASPNET user is added there).
One of two things are happening. Either the file is already open, or the permission of the user running IIS does not have the proper permissions.
Either way, this utility ProcMon: Proc Mon
will help you determine the issue. Run ProcMon, kick off your process to try and delete the file. Then go back to procmon. Hit Ctrl-E to turn off the capture, then Ctrl-F to find. Enter the name of the file you're trying to delete. Then once you've found the correct line with the access denied (or similar error) Double click on the the line to get further information. When you click on the Process tab, it will show you the exact user that is trying to delete the file.
So, if it is a file permission issue, you now know the exact user, and can therefore go to the file system right click on the folder that houses the file you are trying to delete, and grant that user permissions to read/write/update that folder.
Second, if the file is locked open instead of a permissions issue, you will have to find out what process is holding open the file. If you are also writing this file in another part of your code, perhaps you are not closing it properly or releasing the object reference.
Have you verified that the file does not have the read-only attribute set?
I don't think we have enough info to be helpful. What is the security context (identity) during the call to Delete? Is the application impersonating the end user? If it is, how are they authenticated? If by Windows / Active Directory, then you'll need to verify that user's access rights to the specific file. If by Forms login, then you should probably not impersonate and verify that the AppPool's security context has the appropriate access rights.

Access denied to path , when uploading image to folder in server

Am getting error when you are going to upload the file on specified folder in the server. Here I am going to upload P6100083.jpg in storeimg folder. When I am going to upload I am getting the following error:
Access to the path 'C:\inetpub\vhosts\bookmygroups.com\httpdocs\storeimg\P6100083.jpg' is denied.
Can anyone help me... How to use permisiion and were to use...
My code is while uploading image
if (FileUpload1.HasFile)
{
float fileSize = FileUpload1.PostedFile.ContentLength;
float floatConverttoKB = fileSize / 1024;
float floatConverttoMB = floatConverttoKB / 1024;
string DirName = "storeimg";
string savepath = Server.MapPath(DirName + "/");
DirectoryInfo dir = new DirectoryInfo(savepath);
// string savepath = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\ssis3\\My Documents\\Visual Studio 2005\\WebSites\\finalbookgroups\\" + DirName + "\\";
if (fileSize < 4194304)
{
string filename = Server.HtmlEncode(FileUpload1.FileName);
string extension = System.IO.Path.GetExtension(filename).ToUpper();
if (extension.Equals(".jpg") || extension.Equals(".JPG") || extension.Equals(".JPEG") || extension.Equals(".GIF"))
{
savepath += filename;
FileUpload1.SaveAs(savepath);
}
}
}
Thanks in advance
I have no success making my upload or any write operation on filesystem work on IIS7.
Still getting the error: Access to the path is denied.
My AppPool is running under Network Service. I have granted all kinds of accounts Full Control (Network Service, Network, IIS_IUSR, Administrator, Users, Everyone), restarted the webservice several times, studied all IIS7 settings, googled for two hours and nothing works.
IIS7 and WS2008 s-u-c-k-s. Sorry for the term. Anybody can help?
I just wanted to add: I noticed that in the upload's destination folder's Properties there's this checkbox named "Read-only (Only applies to files in folder)" and it's checked. It cannot be unchecked, comes back checked after unchecking and clicking the OK button. Is that IIS7 guarding it?
Editing this message to add the SOLUTION: My admin has turned off the silly UAC "the security confirmation feature" on our server, restarted the machine and it works now. No "write" access rights for "Network Service" or any other IIS-used account was needed. When accessing the file system in a ASP.NET web application using the integrated authentication and having the impersonation set to true in its web.confing, the file system seems to be accessed by the authentified end-user's account, not by the Network Service account which the AppPool is running under. (Many people tell you to set Network Service permissions, but that is not true.) So you need to set the "write" permissions for your end-users (usually domain users: "DOMAIN\domain users") on your particular folder.
Oh yea, and the "Read-only (Only applies to files in folder)" checkbox mentioned above does not seem to have any effect. However Microsoft says "some programs might have problems writing to such folder and you should use command line statement "attrib -r -s" to get rid of the Read-Only attribute" -- but it won't work. It will stay there checked-grayed. But don't worry about that. Microsoft becomes more and more silly every day.
Indead, it's a server issue.
You need to verify if the user underlying your application pool has write access to the directory.
If you use IIS7, you have a new feature that helps you give custom write to this user and dun need to change the user.
Look at this link:
http://www.adopenstatic.com/cs/blogs/ken/archive/2008/01/29/15759.aspx
Hope this helps.
This is a server issue. Make sure you have the necessary rights to write files.
Btw, since you call ToUpper() on extension there's no reason to test for ".jpg".
If you are using Plesk Panel, go to file manager of Plesk Panel. List files and folders inside "httpdocs". Each file and folder has a lock icon at the very right. Click that of "storeimg" folder to change permissions. Click advenced button. Give full permission to these:
Plesk IIS WP User (IWPD_214(your_login_name))
Plesk IIS WP User (IWPD_214(your_login_name))
And click OK.
First you check the permission is enable or not if not then go to that folder which folder has to be use for containing files then right click on folder then there will be display folder properties then click on security there will be display multiple number of user which user have to be permit then click allow that all permission will be activated.
First, make sure your code runs fine locally (I assume that something you've already done).
Then deploy to your TEST or UAT environment. If you're having issue there, then this is a configuration issue. Make sure the service account under which your website's app pool is running has access to the folder.
Please make use of C# method Path.Combine() to build up your path and avoid issues with leading or trailing / and \.

ASP.NET Access to the temp directory is denied

I'm experiencing this problem today on many different servers.
System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the temp directory is denied.
The servers were not touched recently. The only thing that comes in my mind is a windows update breaking something.. Any idea?
This happens when trying to access a webservice from an asp.net page
System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the temp directory is denied. Identity 'NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE' under which XmlSerializer is running does not have sufficient permission to access the temp directory. CodeDom will use the user account the process is using to do the compilation, so if the user doesnt have access to system temp directory, you will not be able to compile. Use Path.GetTempPath() API to find out the temp directory location.
at System.Xml.Serialization.Compiler.Compile(Assembly parent, String ns, XmlSerializerCompilerParameters xmlParameters, Evidence evidence)
at System.Xml.Serialization.TempAssembly.GenerateAssembly(XmlMapping[] xmlMappings, Type[] types, String defaultNamespace, Evidence evidence, XmlSerializerCompilerParameters parameters, Assembly assembly, Hashtable assemblies)
at System.Xml.Serialization.TempAssembly..ctor(XmlMapping[] xmlMappings, Type[] types, String defaultNamespace, String location, Evidence evidence)
at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.FromMappings(XmlMapping[] mappings, Evidence evidence)
at System.Web.Services.Protocols.XmlReturn.GetInitializers(LogicalMethodInfo[] methodInfos)
at System.Web.Services.Protocols.HttpServerType..ctor(Type type)
at System.Web.Services.Protocols.HttpServerProtocol.Initialize()
at System.Web.Services.Protocols.ServerProtocol.SetContext(Type type, HttpContext context, HttpRequest request, HttpResponse response)
at System.Web.Services.Protocols.ServerProtocolFactory.Create(Type type, HttpContext context, HttpRequest request, HttpResponse response, Boolean& abortProcessing)
Have you checked the permissions on the temp folder? In these cases, the easiest and quickest solution is usually to re-run the aspnet_regiis -i command to re-install the asp.net framework which also resets the permissions on the required folders. Failing that, try using Process Monitor to check what's going on and modify the permissions accordingly.
I had the same issue and none of the above solved our issue -- we restored service temporally by changing the setting that each app pool site was running under - you can do this by going into app pools--> idenity tab and and changing user from Network Service to local user- while we figured out what the problem was(this is not recommended- so if you choose to do this make sure you understand the repercussions)
We then found a link about the Temp\TMP mappings and how to fix them -Which was not our issue
On another site (and as described in other answers) we used Path.GetTempPath() to see what the CLR was actually looking for it turned out to be
C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile\Local
Settings\Temp folder
We then used Process Monitor to verify this was in fact correct, when we changed the permission on this folder it worked correctly. We are still unsure as to why the CLR choose to stop using the default temp directory but we did find a link as to how it makes that decision. How GetTempPath is picked.
Update: We Finally figured out HOW our Temp folder PATH was changed when Someone decided to repeat the error! The Issue was the CLR Profiler someone decided to run on live which changes all permissions of the temp directory so If you didn't already know this already I would not recommend running it on a Prod server.
Whatever the reason for the sudden change, you can probably solve the problem using the steps described in the exception.
Call Path.GetTempPath to find out what it thinks the temporary directory is, it may not be what you think it is.
Go to that directory and give the user 'NETWORK SERVICE' the permissions it needs, probably Read/Write.
Indeed its a web site running in IIS? and accessing a web service.
It's either running as ASPNET, anonymous, or impersonating the user connected or finally the web service itself is connecting as a 'user'.
Whichever user it is may not have access to the temp directory. Odd how nothing has changed :). However Windows Service packs can change security settings.
Windows Server 2003 - IIS 6.0 - Same issue. c:\windows\temp = current temp directory - using procmon as suggested by cgreeno allowed me to see access denied. I granted the user 'Everyone' full rights to the c:\windows\temp folder, but still getting access denied. Granted full rights access to all users in the mix (Local System, Network Service, app pool identity user, etc.) but no help. Tried ASPNET_REGIIS -ir but no help.
I created a new local system user 'tempuser' and assigned to local 'Administrators' group. I navigated to Windows Services and stopped 'World Wide Web Publishing', 'IIS Admin', and 'HTTP SSL'. I assigned 'tempuser' to all three services. I tried to start each of the services, but they failed to start for a variety of reasons. I then put all 3 services back to user 'Local System' and suddenly my access denied error went away. Don't know why. Was having other file system errors with my App Pool user, but those now are working correctly too. It appears something with the assignment of the Local System account with windows services was awry.
* UPDATE *
Problem came back. Very weird...
In my case antivirus(COMDO) was responsible for this... After antivirus updated it just started to block access to temp folder for my local services(not all, just few) ... it was kinda tricky to figure it out..
Goto into roslyn folder (into bin foloder of your project) and add the read/write permissions at the user which runs the application pool

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