Impersonate tag in Web.Config
The identity section goes under the system.web section, not under authentication: <system.web> <authentication mode=”Windows”/> <identity impersonate=”true” userName=”foo” password=”bar”/> </system.web>
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Start a .Net Process as a Different User
Can you try something like this: Start a new Process as another user Code sample: System.Diagnostics.Process proc = new System.Diagnostics.Process(); System.Security.SecureString ssPwd = new System.Security.SecureString(); proc.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false; proc.StartInfo.FileName = “filename”; proc.StartInfo.Arguments = “args…”; proc.StartInfo.Domain = “domainname”; proc.StartInfo.UserName = “username”; string password = “user entered password”; for (int x = 0; x < password.Length; x++) … Read more
Windows Impersonation from C#
It’s possible, although it requires you to do a lot of code. See NtCreateToken and CreateToken. You need SeCreateTokenPrivilege, although that won’t be a problem since you’re running under NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. You can then use the created token to impersonate inside a thread.
How can I fix the Kerberos double-hop issue?
The intermediate server must be trusted for delegation. Otherwise no credential will be delegated and the intermediate server cannot impersonate the original client.
Run Code as a different user
Probably the best and the cleanest code that I have seen so far is this: var credentials = new UserCredentials(domain, username, password); Impersonation.RunAsUser(credentials, logonType, () => { // do whatever you want as this user. }); Just follow Github or Nuget.
How to get Windows user name when identity impersonate=”true” in asp.net?
With <authentication mode=”Windows”/> in your application and Anonymous access enabled in IIS, you will see the following results: System.Environment.UserName: Computer Name Page.User.Identity.Name: Blank System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name: Computer Name With <authentication mode=”Windows”/> in your application, and ‘Anonymous access’ disabled and only ‘Integrated Windows Authentication’ in IIS, you will see the following results: System.Environment.UserName: ASPNET (user account used to … Read more
How to use LogonUser properly to impersonate domain user from workgroup client
Very few posts suggest using LOGON_TYPE_NEW_CREDENTIALS instead of LOGON_TYPE_NETWORK or LOGON_TYPE_INTERACTIVE. I had an impersonation issue with one machine connected to a domain and one not, and this fixed it. The last code snippet in this post suggests that impersonating across a forest does work, but it doesn’t specifically say anything about trust being set … Read more
How do you do Impersonation in .NET?
“Impersonation” in the .NET space generally means running code under a specific user account. It is a somewhat separate concept than getting access to that user account via a username and password, although these two ideas pair together frequently. Impersonation The APIs for impersonation are provided in .NET via the System.Security.Principal namespace: Newer code should … Read more
How to get HttpClient to pass credentials along with the request?
You can configure HttpClient to automatically pass credentials like this: var myClient = new HttpClient(new HttpClientHandler() { UseDefaultCredentials = true });