Running MOSS 2007 on Windows Server 2003 R2, everything fully patched via
MU. MOSS has SP1 applied to both WSS and MOSS sides, as well as the
Infrastructure updates.
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I just did a clean re-install of MOSS (reformatted HD, reinstall OS, applied
SP's and installed .NET 2 and 3, then MOSS then ran MU and installed SP1 and
Infrastructure Updates). I used the Complete Option during the install,
although everything is on one server; may add more later. MOSS installed on
E drive and index and DB's are on F drive. Did initial configuration and am
getting this error:
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Event Type: Error
Event Source: Office SharePoint Server
Event Category: Office Server Shared Services
Event ID: 6482
Date: 11/6/2008
Time: 3:30:33 PM
User: N/A
Computer: WCT-SHAREPOINT
Description:
Application Server Administration job failed for service instance
Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.Sear chServiceInstance
(d8fea9e4-3631-4667-9d70-12b906fde520).

Reason: Access to the path 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\HOSTS' is
denied.

Techinal Support Details:
System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path
'C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\HOSTS' is denied.
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)
at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess
access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options)
at System.IO.StreamWriter.CreateFile(String path, Boolean append)
at System.IO.StreamWriter..ctor(String path, Boolean append, Encoding
encoding, Int32 bufferSize)
at System.IO.StreamWriter..ctor(String path, Boolean append)
at System.IO.FileInfo.CreateText()
at
Microsoft.Search.Administration.Security.HOSTSFile .CleanupDedicatedGathering(Hashtable
HOSTSFileMappings, StringBuilder HOSTSComments, IEnumerable obsoleteHosts,
String dedicatedName, Boolean isDirty)
at
Microsoft.Search.Administration.Security.HOSTSFile .ConfigureDedicatedGathering(SearchServiceInstance
searchServiceInstance, SPServer dedicatedWebFrontEndServer, IList`1
previousWebApplicationHostNames)
at
Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.Sear chServiceInstance.SynchronizeDefaultContentSource( IDictionary
applications)
at
Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.Sear chServiceInstance.Synchronize()
at
Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration.Application ServerJob.ProvisionLocalSharedServiceInstances(Boo lean
isAdministrationServiceJob)

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
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Did a search on EventID.net, but no help there; the referenced hotfixes
aren't specifically this error.

Any ideas? If it helps, I did a visual on c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc
and can see that HOSTS is not there.

Hi Mike,

Have you seen this?
http://www.alpesh.nakars.com/blog/er...e-path-denied/

Let me know if this helps.

I Haven't. Will give a try and report back.

Thanks!

"Alpesh Nakar" <AlpeshNakar> wrote in message
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I can't see the picture on the page (tried both IE7 and Firefox 3.03, and
added it to my Trusted Sites), so put both of those users to Modify
permissions on that directory. I'll let it go awhile to see if it works.

Thanks again.

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