SharePoint 2010 – looping on access denied

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Problem

  • When you try to get SharePoint sites, anyway which account is used, you get access denied
  • In logs : 
    SPWindowsTokenCacheServiceApplication.CacheHandle() call to OpenProcess() failed for '0#.w|mydomainmylogin': PID=2956, ErrorCode=5, Exception=System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: Access is denied
    The Secure Store Service application Secure Store Service is not accessible. The full exception text is: Cannot open database "Secure_Store_Service_DB_guid" requested by the login. The login failed.  Login failed for user 'mydomainmyaccount'

Solution

Security Token Service Application must run with the farm admin account

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