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Asked: 2026-05-13T07:58:35+00:00

My web app is set to use Windows Authentication and Impersonation is set to

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My web app is set to use Windows Authentication and Impersonation is set to true.

<authentication mode="Windows"/>
    <identity impersonate="true"/>

When I run it on my local machine (IIS6), I access Active directory with my current login. 

WindowsIdentity curIdentity = WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent();
WindowsPrincipal myPrincipal = new WindowsPrincipal(curIdentity);

However when I access my site remotely Impersonation does not seem to be working; I display the groups that the user belongs to – and get a very short list!

What else do I need?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Impersonation does not pass credentials more than 1 hop between machines. So your creds go from your machine to IIS but no further, accessing active directory is a 2nd hop. When everything runs on the same machine (as in your local case), it will work fine.

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa292118(VS.71).aspx

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