App.Config Vs Web.Config

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Basically I'm needing to do this in app.config:

<system.web>
       <identity impersonate="true" userName="Username" password="Password"/>
</system.web>

How do I accomplish this? Currently been researching this with no luck? any help would be very much appreciated

`identity` is part of `web.config`. What exactly you want to acheive — Satpal, Jun 27 '13 at 12:25
I'm building a console app and I'm getting access denied when I call the exe. I did the exact same thing in a web app and use the impersonate code above not getting the error — Will, Jun 27 '13 at 13:00

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 27 '13 at 12:32

USe NetworkCredential class:

NetworkCredential myCred = new NetworkCredential(
    SecurelyStoredUserName,SecurelyStoredPassword,SecurelyStoredDomain);

It will allow you to enter websites, access remote shared folders , etc...

By the way, what are you trying to achieve?

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:05

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I'm not sure you can impersonate from the app.config - What you might need to do is launch a process in your code that impersonates another user. Take a look at this related post.

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:05

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You can not impersonate another user like that in a desktop application. Look into impersonation. One question that might help you is this one. This entry on CodeProject implements a C# class that helps you impersonate another user.

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answered Jun 27 '13 at 12:31

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App.Config Vs Web.Config

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