Impersonate another user

[TheWizardofInt]

Does anyone have a code example for how to impersonate another user on the web server.

 

My ASPNET user can't access the active x dll that I have to use, and rather than spend three more days trying to figure it out I am going to try using a different user.

[Derek Stone]

<!-- In web.config -->
<identity impersonate="true" />

 

[mshelp]ms-help://MS.VSCC/MS.MSDNVS/cpguide/html/cpconaspnetimpersonation.htm[/mshelp]

[TheWizardofInt]

Thanks for the fast reply

 

I tried this:

 

<identity impersonate="true" userName="BOB" password=""/>

<authentication mode="Windows" />

 

And it came back as unable to verify. I also tried it with the PC name before BOB with a slash

 

Any ideas?

[TheWizardofInt]

Ok, found out how to do this

 

Create a User in Windows with a password (the thing has trouble with blank passwords)

Give the User the rights you want it to have

In Machine.Config, which is in the WINNT/Microsoft.Net/Framework/(numeric)/Config directory, seach for the userName=(machine) and reset the username and password to the new user

 

Use THIS and not the web.congif file, and it works really well