Error: Impersonation failure

Hello

We recently did an upgrade from TS 6.5 SP2 to TS 6.7.1 on Windows 2003 SP1. For the most part, when users hit preview in a DCT they get a preview error. The error that is displayed in the iwutild.log is

Error: Impersonation failure user= HS\Author1; argcount=18; errCode=1317; cmd=D:\iw-home\iw-perl\bin\iwperl.exe

\iw-home\bin\iwpt_compile.ipl -pt Y:\default\main\admin\Development\WORKAREA\development_wa\templatedata\intranet\weather\presentation\weather.tpl -ofile Y:\default\main\admin\Development\WORKAREA\development_wa\1164928379596_Author1_preview.html -iw_pt-dcr Y:\default\main\admin\Development\WORKAREA\development_wa\templatedata\intranet\weather\data\**** -iw_pt-preview -smartwrite -manifest Y:\default\main\admin\Development\WORKAREA\development_wa\zz_tst_Author1_0_manifest -oprefix zz_tst_Author1_0_ -iw_include-location Y:\default\main\admin\Development\WORKAREA\development_wa -osenc CP1252 -umask 0113

However, when I change "impersonate_without_password" in iw.cfg to false instead of the default true, we don't see any preview errors.

Can someone elaborate on what this setting does and why when it is set to false we don't get impersonation errors? What are the limitations by setting this attribute to false?

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MAK

Hi,

I have a similar situation, if i make it false my external task works fine.

I think if you make it FALSE, the external tasks in the workflow makes file modified by "SYSTEM" instead of the real username.

I am myself looking for more information.

Regards,
Moiz Khan
TeamSite 6.7.1/Win2K3

pdasarat

This is a new change in 6.7.1 utility daemon. Look at the administration guide for more details on Utility daemon (pg 38). It describes the change in the model.

Pradeep