VB.NET (2.0) Web.Config Impersonate not functioning?

[Guest]

I have a web project that is running this code: (generalized for security)

refWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\computer_name")
colcomputers = refWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * From
Win32_OperatingSystem")
For Each refComputer In colcomputers
If refComputer.reboot() = 0 Then
Response.Write("reboot")
Else
Response.Write("nope")
End If

This is WMI functionality and on the remote computer - the ASPNET account
obviously does not have permission to do this - and I can see Failed Audit
events in the computer security log. So, I have added this bit of code to the
web.config file for the project:

<identity impersonate="true" userName="subdomain.domain.com\username"
password="password" />

When I rebuild the project and even restart IIS - the call is still hitting
the remote computer as ASPNET account - although my understanding is that
because of the impersonate web.config tag - it should send using the higher
access credentials.

Any thoughts? Thanks,

 

[Juan T. Llibre]

For remote WMI access, you have to set the impersonation in the WMI script itself.

See :

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa389292.aspx

and

http://www.leastprivilege.com/PermaLink.aspx?guid=56c18c35-7aee-4878-b6c3-1c691312798e

for example code.