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ashwnacharya
ashwnacharya

Reputation: 14881

"RunWithElevatedPrivileges" in SharePoint Timer Jobs?

Can we use SPSecurity.RunWithElevatedPrivileges in SharePoint timer jobs?

Under whose identity will the timer job run under elevated privilegs?

Any gotcha's and must know facts regarding this will also be appreciated.

Upvotes: 6

Views: 2841

Answers (2)

dahlbyk
dahlbyk

Reputation: 77600

RunWithElevatedPrivileges only works if the current thread is using impersonation, i.e. IIS. Used in other code (timer jobs, console applications, workflow, etc.) it will have no effect. Colin is correct that by default the timer service runs as the farm service account specified in the COnfiguration Wizard. You can verify this in Windows Services.

Upvotes: 13

Colin
Colin

Reputation: 10638

They run under the account you used when running the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard for the first time to connect to SQl / run the Central Admin app pool under. i.e. the God account in SharePoint.

Upvotes: 5

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