Impersonate tag in Web.Config

Question

I\'m using impersonate tag in my web.config in Asp.net 4.0 website.

Below is my Web.Config code:

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Answer 1

You had the identity node as a child of authentication node. That was the issue. As in the example above, authentication and identity nodes must be children of the system.web node

Answer 2

The identity section goes under the system.web section, not under authentication:

<system.web>
  <authentication mode="Windows"/>
  <identity impersonate="true" userName="foo" password="bar"/>
</system.web>

Answer 3

Put the identity element before the authentication element