[LOG4NET-265] RemoteFileAppender Tests fail on Windows 7

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.2.11
• Component/s: Appenders
• Environment: Windows 7 32bit
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Rob Prouse
• Created: 29/Jul/10 20:04
• Updated: 07/Sep/11 08:20
• Resolved: 07/Sep/11 08:20

Description

Compiled the version of log4net in the repository and ran the unit tests. All of the RemotingAppenderTests fail. Enabling internal logging gives the following error.

log4net:ERROR [RemotingAppender] ErrorCode: GenericFailure. Failed in SendBufferCallback
System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationException: Because of security restrictions, the type System.Runtime.Remoting.ObjRef cannot be accessed. ---> System.Security.SecurityException: Request failed.
at System.Runtime.Serialization.FormatterServices.nativeGetSafeUninitializedObject(RuntimeType type)
at System.Runtime.Serialization.FormatterServices.GetSafeUninitializedObject(Type type)
The action that failed was:
Demand
The type of the first permission that failed was:
System.Security.Permissions.SecurityPermission
The first permission that failed was:
<IPermission class="System.Security.Permissions.SecurityPermission, mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"
version="1"
Flags="Infrastructure"/>

The demand was for:
<PermissionSet class="System.Security.PermissionSet"
version="1">
<IPermission class="System.Security.Permissions.SecurityPermission, mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"
version="1"
Flags="Infrastructure"/>
</PermissionSet>

The only permitted permissions were:
<PermissionSet class="System.Security.PermissionSet"
version="1">
<IPermission class="System.Security.Permissions.SecurityPermission, mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"
version="1"
Flags="SerializationFormatter"/>
</PermissionSet>

The method that caused the failure was:
System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.ServerProcessing ProcessMessage(System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.IServerChannelSinkStack, System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging.IMessage, System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.ITransportHeaders, System.IO.Stream, System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging.IMessage ByRef, System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.ITransportHeaders ByRef, System.IO.Stream ByRef)