SharePoint Configuration Failed (step 2)

  • Posted by kipp
  • April 17, 2009

I am currently working on a SharePoint 2007 deployment and ran into the following error during the 2nd step of the Configuration Wizard. When reviewing the event log I see the following error:

Failed to create the configuration database.
An exception of type System.Security.AccessControl.PrivilegeNotHeldException was thrown.  Additional exception information: The process does not possess the ‘SeSecurityPrivilege’ privilege which is required for this operation.
System.Security.AccessControl.PrivilegeNotHeldException: The process does not possess the ‘SeSecurityPrivilege’ privilege which is required for this operation…

I found out that the ‘SeSecurityPrivilege’ privilege has to do with the accounts ability to have rights to Manage auditing and security log under the Local Security Policies. Which makes since why my client had this blocked even if you are part of the local admins group.

The client ended up created a new OU to place this account under and updated the Group Policy to allow this type of access. After pushing the GP…I was able to get SharePoint configured fine.

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