Access denied when registering a custom timer job

Question

I am getting a SecurityException while trying to activate a feature with a custom timer job. The error is raised from the job.Update() method call. I am running the code with Farm Admin account.

Do you have any idea?

Answer 1

This thread for you. Your application pool identity will not have the appropriate rights. This thread contains full information how to resolve this issue.

Answer 2

Try to override the SPPersistedObject.HasAdditionalUpdateAccess() method and return true.

protected override bool HasAdditionalUpdateAccess()
{
  return true;
}