I'm trying to use C# and HttpListener
with a prefix of anything other than localhost and it fails (i.e. if I give it server1
, i.e.
http://localhost:1234
works, but
http://server1:1234
fails
The code is...
HttpListener listener = new HttpListener();
String prefix = @"http://server1:1234";
listener.Prefixes.Add(prefix);
listener.Start();
The failure occurs on listener.Start()
with an exception of Access is denied.
.
I had the same issue once and i solved it by adding an URL reservation for the specified URL namespace for a user/users to the Network Shell (netsh). Here's an example on how to reserv an URL for every user, run this in the command prompt as an administrator:
netsh http add urlacl url=http://server1:1234/ user=Everyone
Here's an example on how reserv an URL for one user, run this in the command prompt as an administrator:
netsh http add urlacl url=http://server1:1234/ user=Steve
In this way you don't need to run the application as an administrator
Is your app running with elevated privilege?
Normal accounts cannot hook the Http pipeline without first making a reservation.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Aa364673
It can be done programatically at install time. Let me know if this is of interest, and I'll dig out some code.
EDIT:
Actually, as I can't identify where the code came from at the moment, I can't post it here. There's a codeplex project for doing this kind of thing which is definitely worth picking apart.
/EDIT
Here's a way make the reservation on the command line:
http://www.casadehambone.com/HowToAddAURLACLAndAvoidAddressAccessDeniedExceptionInWindowsVista.aspx