RE: OLAP, Forms Auth and OWC

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From: James (news_at_att.com)
Date: 08/11/04 

Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 04:41:01 -0700

The link shows me a method that I can use to authenticate a user. However, I
still cannot impersonate a Windows user. Quote: "store a GenericPrincipal
object in the HttpContext.User property". The http context isn't what is used
by Analysis Services to check security.

"Wei-Dong XU [MSFT]" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> From my understanding, your issue is when the user logons into the server
> through Form authentication of ASP.net. SQL server Analysis service can't
> distinguish which logon user is the manager or the normal user, the
> authenticated windows principal object is aspnet not windows account, so
> the data retrieved from server is all the same.
>
> So I'd suggest you can follow the kb article below to check the user
> windows account after the form authentication. This authentication will
> obtain the logon user credential and then validate it from Active
> directory; so after that, the request will use the windows account as its
> security credential so that AS will know which user is the manager and
> others are not.
> 316748 How to authenticate against the Active Directory by using Forms
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=316748
>
> Please feel free to let me know if you have any question.
>
> Best Regards,
> Wei-Dong Xu
> Microsoft Product Support Services
> Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
>

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