WCF service - access denied

Question

 

I am building a WCF service (Windows Communication Foundation) with Windows authentication and impersonation set to true.

I have a client webapplication referencing the WCF service. The client webapplication also uses Windows authentication and impersonation set to true.

 

When my client webapplication is calling the service I get an access denied exception. I have tried to set the credentials when I call the service but I havent succeeded. If I allow 'Anonymous' access in the IIS it works but I guess I miss the point in using Windows authentication.

 

If I do this using a webservice I do the following and it works:
myService.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;

 

How can I do the same when I call a WCF service?
Do I have to change the default settings for the '<system.serviceModel>' section in the web.config for the WCF service or for the calling webapplication?

 

Regards Hans

Answer 1

If you are just looking to set the credentials you can do this on the ChannelFactory<> or ClientBase<> with clientBase.ClientCredentials.Windows.ClientCredential

Answer 2

Hi Hans,

 

This post describes a solution for your problem very well, http://blogs.msdn.com/wenlong/archive/2006/05/18/600603.aspx

 

Regards,

Pablo.

Answer 3

Thank you both Dan and Pablo!

 

Now I got it working

 

Regards Hans