Re: Impersonate and shared hosting

From: Willy Denoyette [MVP] (willy.denoyette@pandora.be)
Date: 08/23/02 

From: "Willy Denoyette [MVP]" <willy.denoyette@pandora.be>
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 11:58:19 +0200

You don't need aspnet_wp.exe to run in the system logon session in order to impersonate a client.
You only have to set identity impersonate=true and use basic authentication.

Willy.

"Ion" <icx-spam@spam-noos.fr> wrote in message news:3d65f90a$0$28551$79c14f64@nan-newsreader-03.noos.net...
> Hi all.
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> Maybe you have some fresh ideas...
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> To control file distribution to registered users, I have a password
> protected directory. The solutions found is to impersonate logged users
> (Forms) to the folder credentials and send them the file (no direct
> browsing) if they comply to other criteria. It seems quite simple on paper.
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> It also works (on my site). It requires userName="system" in
> machine.config, processModel section, as Microsoft sez:
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> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q306158&GSSNB=1
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> Problem: the shared hosting provider does not want to change the
> machine.config from userName="machine" (" it will kill everyone else's .net
> application on the server.").
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> Is it a functionality miss by me (better design possible?), by Microsoft, by
> my hosting provider??
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> Thanks,
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> Ion Cartiant
> http://www.sysoft-sa.com/
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