When I try to open my IIS 7 logs or copy them to another folder I get access denied. I have tried using CMD, Explorer and Notepad with run as admin.
If I just try to open the file from explorer without run as admin I get a plain "Access denied" and in the security logs I see Event ID 4688 Type3. If I use Run as Admin I get an error that says "u_ext140121.log You do not have permission to open the file. Contact the file owner or an administrator to obtain permission" and in the security logs I see another 4688 but this time it is a Type2.
Am I missing something on my GPO for UAC or does IIS 7 have some hold I do not know of? I have tried stopping IIS as well. It makes no difference.
Ownership belongs to the local administrator group but I have even tried taking ownership and still no change.
This problem is consistent on several IIS servers in my domain.
Thanks