Top "Impersonation" questions

Impersonation is a process whereby an application assumes another identity or security context during execution.

How can I get elevated permissions (UAC) via impersonation under a non-interactive login?

I have a class library that keeps system-wide configuration data in the registry (HKLM\Software\XXX). This library is used …

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Impersonation and CurrentUser Registry Access

Environment: Windows XP SP3, C#, .Net 4.0 Problem: I'm attempting to add access to an impersonated users registry hive in an …

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IIS 7.5, ASP.NET, impersonation, and access to C:\Windows\Temp

Summary: One of our web applications requires write access to C:\Windows\Temp. However, no matter how much I weaken …

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SQL Server Execute Impersonation

What is the diffrence between... execute as user = 'testuser' AND execute as login = 'testuser' I am executing a cross database …

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"Unknown error (0x80005000)" trying to read remote IIS 6 Metabase with DirectoryEntry and Impersonation (C#)

(EDIT) The plot thickens: The same code (with no need for impersonation!) runs successfully from a Windows 7 client, but NOT …

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Credentials for ServerManager.OpenRemote

I'm trying to use ServerManager.OpenRemote (from Microsoft.Web.Administration) but am unable to find documentation on how to give …

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Failed to start monitoring changes on global.asax .net 3.5 Web service using Impersonation

I am trying to use impersonation in a an asp.net 3.5 webservice. However whenever I try to run the service …

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ASP.NET impersonation problem (part 2)

This is a follow on to a previous post about being unable to impersonate a currently logged in Windows user. …

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Django user impersonation by admin

I have a Django app. When logged in as an admin user, I want to be able to pass a …

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How to impersonate user using SwitchUserFilter in Spring?

I do not have knowledge on Spring Impersonating user. I have gone through some sample code of configuration for impersonating …

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