Impersonation problems

[BCullenward]

I am attempting to use impersonation to allow clients to log in and download their files. The impersonation works for them to log-in (if I remove the username and password from the identity it errors out when attempting to access the SQL database).

When I click on the link to the file name it pops up with a log-in box. When I enter the username and password from the identity it will allow me to access the file(s).

How can I get it so the impersonation works and it won't pop up the login box asking for a username and password?

 

[ca8msm]

You can impersonate the user in code. See this article for more info:

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=306158

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[adamroof]

Is this on an INTRA net?
Trying to use IWA?

does your URL use a subdomain?

faq855-5377

 

[BCullenward]

It's on the INTER net. If I type in the impersonation user name and password in the log-in box that pops up everything works. Which makes me think there is an issue with the impersonation, or somewhere the impersonation is being lost.

 

[adamroof]

anonymous is all you can get on internet...
protected areas would require login via basic or forms auth -

if you are impersonating the login, are you really authenticating anybody? They are still coming in as the asp.net account.

If your site is

http://sub.domain.com/files,

Internet Exporer will always prompt for credentials no matter what

If your site is

http://mydomain.com/files,

should be ok.

i believe identity impersonate=true requires IWA, which is not available on the internet.

http://www.aspfree.com/c/a/IIS/Authentication-and-Authorization/3/