How to pass Admin credentials to windows identity

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Hi All,

I want to pass admin user credentials programatically(VB.net).

there is my web application, i logged-in application as simple user but when i access scheduled tasks that time i want to application should take credentials programatically which i will hard coded into the code.

present code is as below:

VB

Dim wi As WindowsIdentity = HttpContext.Current.User.Identity
Dim wic As WindowsImpersonationContext = wi.Impersonate()

here at wi object should contains admin credentials.
is it possible?

Your help is appreciated.

Posted 11-May-12 5:19am

sanjayv.gade

Updated 11-May-12 5:27am

Wendelius

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Dylan Morley · Answer 1 · 2012-05-11T05:56:00

Solution 1

Have a look at this article, which gives you an 'Impersonator' class

A small C# Class for impersonating a User[^]

It's quite nice that you can wrap in a using block for obvious clarity about which section of code is executing under elevated priviliges.

Posted 11-May-12 5:56am

Dylan Morley