Is Impersonation a Solution for WebParts?

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From: Brad Smith (asmodean_at_cox.net)
Date: 02/10/04 

Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 10:55:03 -0800

I can't really say since the permissions to different
operations vary. If you want everyone to be able to
execute these task, then you can impersonate an
administrator account and it'll work fine.

-Brad

>-----Original Message-----
>I developed a WebPart that does some administrative tasks.
>
>It creates a new Site with a certain template, deletes
the default
>SiteGroups and creates some new ones (incl. all
Permissions).
>Then it add some list entries for that Site.
>
>I noticed that I'm using some objects that are probably
meant for
>administrators only.
>
>Is it possible to just do those tasks within the
impersonation context
>of a SPPS Administrator?
>
>Will this work for regular users?
>.
>

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