Named pipe client unable to connect to server running as Network Service

Question

I have a service running under the Network Service account. The service just sets up a named pipe and listens for connections:

NamedPipeServerStream listenin         


        

Answer 1

I'm not allowed to comment, but I want to point out that dvansanth's answer is correct depending on the OS language. When the OS language isn't English, the "Everyone" group probably won't exist.

I've solved it like this:

PipeSecurity pipeSa = new PipeSecurity();
pipeSa.SetAccessRule(new PipeAccessRule(new SecurityIdentifier(WellKnownSidType.AuthenticatedUserSid, null), 
                PipeAccessRights.ReadWrite, AccessControlType.Allow)); 
listeningPipe.SetAccessControl(pipeSa);

Note this is for "Authenticated users" not "Everyone"