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Kyle Johnson
Kyle Johnson

Reputation: 765

ASP.NET Impersonation To Open a File Share

I am trying to impersonation a user in my C# code to open a file share in Windows Explorer. BUT IT IS NOT WORKING! My code is below.

Impersonator i = new Impersonator();

using (new Impersonator("userA", "domainA", "pa$$word", LogonType.LOGON32_LOGON_INTERACTIVE, LogonProvider.LOGON32_PROVIDER_DEFAULT))
{
    Process.Start(@"c:\windows\explorer.exe", @"\\fileshare\abc");
    Response.Write("Impersonated User: " + WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name + "<br />"); 
    Response.Write("Logon User: " + Request.ServerVariables["LOGON_USER"] + "<br />"); 
    Response.Write("Authenticated User: " + Request.ServerVariables["AUTH_USER"] + "<br />") 
}

I am using the code to do the impersonation from this site:

http://platinumdogs.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/net-c-impersonation-with-network-credentials/

I am thinking it is because the Logon & Authenticated is my windows login because I am using Windows Authentication?

The account I am impersonating is a domain account and has full account to the file share.

Please help

ADDITIONAL:

I also tried using this code but it did not work. I got an "Access Denied" error

string target = "'_blank'";
string script = "window.open(" + @"'file://fileshare/abc'" + "," + target + "," + "'status=no, menubar=yes, toolbar=yes');";
Page.ClientScript.RegisterStartupScript(this.GetType(), "someUniqueId", script, true);

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1686

Answers (1)

Erik Funkenbusch
Erik Funkenbusch

Reputation: 93424

You can't start Explorer from an asp.net worker process. Explorer is a GUI application that requires a WindowStation to display.

When you say "it doesn't work", do you mean explorer doesn't open up when you go to the web page?

Upvotes: 1

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