I was going through our farm and checking that the correct services were started on the correct servers and noticed that on one of the WFEs the Claims to Windows Token Service was stopped. I attempted to start the service and after a minute the "Starting" status changed to "Error Starting". I went to the Even View on the server and the error said "An attempt to start/stop instance of service Clames to windows Token Service on server did not succeed. Re-run the action via UI or command line on the specified server. Additional information is below." And below it said "Illegal Characters in Path". After trying again several times and still recieving the same error, I searched online but couldn't find any related articles. I also turned on Verbose logging and grabbed the ULS log for the error: "Error executing service instance (un)provisioning job. Service instance: "Claims to windows token service" "Illegal Characters in Path."" Also, "System.argumentException: Illegal characters in path. at System.IO.Path.GetFileName(String Path) at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String Path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize) at System.Xml.XmlUrlResolver.GetEntity(Uri absoluteURi, String role, Type ofObjectToReturn)..."
I have been unable to solve the issue or get the service to start. I have already rebooted the server as well with the problem still persisting.
Any Ideas or help?