Run ASP.NET MVC app as a specific user

Question

I have a an ASP.NET MVC application that will need to access file resources on another machine, so I have shared the relevant directory and given a fresh domain user access to it. My question is: How do I get my ASP.NET MVC app to take on this new user's identity? Do I have to set this up separately when debugging and when deployed?

Thanks!

Answer 1

<identity impersonate="true"
          userName="domain\user" 
          password="password" />

in your web.config should work. The other option (not recommended) is running your application pool as a user with the proper credentials.

Answer 2

MVC Still uses ASP.NET authentication so you should just need to use:

<identity impersonate="true"/>

In the web.config.

Answer 3

Are you running your MVC application within IIS? If so, set this user as the application pool identity. If not, you can use impersonation from within the web.config

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/xh507fc5(v=vs.100).aspx