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Adding the impersonation user to your Content Manager configuration

Impersonation user settings are used to identify the Windows accounts that are trusted to perform Content Manager impersonation and, in the case of LDAP impersonation users, to identify the relevant configuration of an LDAP server.

Procedure

  1. In the config\ subfolder of %TRIDION_HOME%, open the Content Manager configuration file, Tridion.ContentManager.config.
  2. Within the configuration root element, find the section called tridion.contentmanager.security, and inside that section, the impersonationUsers section.
  3. Create a new subelement within the impersonationUsers section and call it add.
  4. Depending on the type of security model you are using (LDAP or Windows users), the impersonation user type varies. Do one of the following:
    • To create an impersonation user using Windows authentication, add an impersonationType attribute and set it to the value Windows.
    • To create an impersonation user using LDAP authentication, add an impersonationType attribute and set it to the value DirectoryService.
  5. Add a name attribute and set it to the name of the impersonation user. If this user is Network Service, then the impersonation user is NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE (or, if you are on a German of French or Spanish version of Windows, the translated equivalent).