Using networkservice as service user

[reseau_6272]

Hello,

I have tried to install ProGet by default using the NetworkService account to start the service but it doesn't work (service won't start).
So I have temporarily configured the administrator account to succeed in starting it.

I would like to know how to use the NetworkService account to avoid using the local administrator account for the ProGet service.

Thank you in advance.

[aristo_4359]

I think you found same issue like me, you probably need to grant read permission for NetworkService to C:\ProgramData\Inedo and C:\ProgramData\ProGet . You may also need to do the same if you do any other data storage. The Installer does not add the read permission.

[gdivis]

Hi @reseau_6272 and @aristo_4359,

Thanks for reporting this. The installer does add write permission to those directories but not read, I suppose under the (invalid?) assumption that all users by default have read access to there already. I've created PG-3112 to track this - we will likely have it fixed in this week's release (2025.10) or possibly 205.11 in two weeks.

-Greg

[aristo_4359]

Thank you, however I am not sure since I have not retested the installation, from my memory, it does not seems to add write permission either for my local (windows 11), as I was not seeing the Network Service there initially and had to add manually add network service. Same case in a separate testing server (Windows Server 2025 Standard). If you see that in older Windows may be because in later windows this behavior is changed, but not sure.

[gdivis]

Thanks for the further info - I'll make sure we retest with Server 2025.