Access is denied to UNC path in nant zip task when nant task is ran by cc.net, runs ok when nant is ran manually from command line

Question

We are running an nant task from cruisecontrol.net. The zip task fails with an error: "Access to path nnnn is denied". The path specified is a UNC path. When we run the same nant task manually from the command line, the task runs successful.

We've also tried to set up a domain user account, and switched the cc.net service to log in as that user.

Answer 1

Setting up a domain user account for CCNET is definitely a good starting point to solve the problem. If you're able to access the UNC path interactively logged in as this user, CCNET service should also be.

Cargo cult: Restarting the CI server (server - not service) solved the problem for us in a similar situation.