Access Denied when activating Web application Features in SharePoint 2007

I got the folloiwng exception while activating a web application feature using Stsadm:

Access denied!  Only SRP admin can remove property or section.

I have no ideas what a SRP admin is. I'm also at a loss to explain what kind of access does it need. The account I'm log into the box has the maximum access possible, and I would assume that stsadm runs al开发者_运维问答l its commands as the super user. Googling didn't reveal much either.

Any help would be appreciated. TIA.

Taken from here:

The account that you use to run, must be granted Personalization rights in Shared Services Administration for the Default SSP.

Go to Central Administration
Click on SSP-Public
Click on Personalization services permissions
Add the account and grant Manage user profiles

What feature are you trying to activate (if it's not a custom feature of course)? What is corresponding application pool identity? Are you farm administrator? If not, try to add yourself to farm admins. Also be sure you do "Run as administrator" when launching cmd for stsadm. If all this will not help, try to add your application pool identity to farm administrators.