Adding User Credential to the TridionRsaKeyContainer

In order to make modification to the Tridion MMC Snap-in such as the database settings, your user account will need access to the TridionRsaKeyContainer.

Ever get this annoying "Access is denied" error when you tried to add yourself to the TridionRsaKeyContainer? I have plenty of times.....

I always thought that the original Administrator account who did the Tridion installation can grant this access. But what if the original user account that was used was deleted or the employee left the company? Then you're screwed........ ok, that's not true!

Here's a way around it with the use of Microsoft PSTools

1) Download PSTools (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897553.aspx)

2) Unzip the tools to somewhere on the server

3) Drop out to a command prompt and go to where PSTools is unzipped

4) Run:    psexec -i -s cmd.exe (This should open another command prompt window)

5) In the new command prompt windows, navigate to where aspnet_regiis is (should be in c:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\Framework64\v4.0.30319 

6) Run:   aspnet_regiis -pa "TridionRsaKeyContainer" "Domain\UserName"

SUCCESS! Access is granted!

Hope this helps if anyone ever run into this issue.

Kudos to Brandon Truong from SDL Support!