Getting error while accessing User Profiles Anonymously

Question

I have to access the user profiles anonymously.

I have used- SPSecurity.RunWithElevatedPrivileges(delegate() to access the user profiles anonymously.

While accessing the user profiles getting the Error as:

System.UnauthorizedAccessException: The user could not be authenticated to the Web site being accessed.

How to fix it?

Answer 1

RunWithElevatedPrivileges elevates the code block to the Web Application App Pool Account. You need to ensure that account has access to the User Profile Service. I should point out RWEP is generally a bad idea.

Answer 2

1. Check the User of Application pool of the current web Application(In the IIS).

2. Go to Central Admin => Manage service applications => User Profile Service Application => Administrators => Add => User of Application Pool which is mentioned in the step 1 => Select Full Control and Save it.

3. You will see the users anonymously.

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