SharePoint Error 6482 – Related to Hosts File

15 Apr, 2008  2 Comments

In our production setup, we experienced this issue when trying to access the Shared Service Provider Admin Web site. In a different environment, the SharePoint Configuration Wizard failed and it was same error that needed to be fixed.

Event Type:    Error
Event Source:    Office SharePoint Server
Event Category:    Office Server Shared Services
Event ID:    6482
Date:        26/02/2008
Time:        2:00:22 PM
User:        N/A
Computer:    xxxx
Description:
Application Server Administration job failed for service instance Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.SearchServiceInstance (03614600-d68b-43e2-9705-36d06c36b2f7).

Reason: Access to the path ‘C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\HOSTS’ is denied.  Read more... (248 words, 1 image, estimated 60 secs reading time)