Configuring an impersonation user

If you installed the Business Connector, the WebDAV Connector or the Visio Workflow Server, the installer created a Windows impersonation user. This impersonation user is trusted to take on the identify of (that is, to impersonate) an arbitrary Content Manager user. You can use the same impersonation user for all three interfaces.

The identity of the impersonation user is as follows:

Windows 2008
On a Windows 2008 system, the impersonation user is the user who uses the SDL Tridion 2011 Application Pool. This identity defaults to one of the following:
  • On French Windows: AUTORITE NT\SERVICE RÉSEAU
  • On German Windows: NT AUTORITÄT\NETZWERKDIENST
  • On Italian Windows: NT AUTHORITY\SERVIZIO DI RETE
  • On Spanish Windows: NT AUTHORITY\SERVICIO DE RED
  • On all other languages of Windows: NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE.
Windows 2003
On Windows 2003, the impersonation user is the user who uses the SDL Tridion 2011 Application Pool. This identity defaults to one of the following:
  • On French Windows: AUTORITE NT\SERVICE RÉSEAU
  • On German Windows: NT AUTORITÄT\NETZWERKDIENST
  • On all other languages of Windows: NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE
If you want to use another Windows user account than NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE (or its localized equivalent) as an impersonation user, ensure that the alternative user has "Local Security Policy - Bypass traverse checking" rights. Refer to http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc735134%28WS.10%29.aspx to learn how to apply this setting.