configuration

From: Paul (paul@abc.com)
Date: 09/25/02 

From: "Paul" <paul@abc.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 08:55:50 -0700

I forgot to mention, I'm using Windows authentication for
my intranet site.

Thanks again,
Paul

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>I've gone through several configuration settings to solve
>my problems, but I seem to be chasing my own tail.
>
>What I'd like to do is 1) let ASP.NET have the privilege
>to create and delete temp directories and 2) let ASP.NET
>launch Excel to write out files.
>
>What I've done thus far: provide ASP.NET modify
permission
>to the directory into which the temp directories will
go.
>This solves the first problem. I've turned on
>impersonation in the local Web.config file without
>specifying a user id or password. This works only for
>me. Everyone else has no permission. This isn't very
>useful.
>
>I modified impersonation to: <identity impersonate="true"
>userName="fictional" password="fantasy"/>. The page now
>tells me that the user doesn't have privileges when I
>visit the page.
>
>My questions are: 1) How can I solve my two problems? 2)
>prior to having to create temp directories and launching
>Excel, no one has had to enter their login id and
>password, now it's asking for login and password for
every
>roundtrip and on top of that, deny them access.
>
>I'm thoroughly confused.
>
>Thanks for the clarifications,
>Paul
>.
>