Anonymous access and elevated privileges

Development, SharePoint

Accessing a SharePoint site or web with elevated privileges can be achieved in two ways. By passing a SPUserToken or with RunWithElevatedPrivileges. 

string currentWebUrl = SPContext.Current.Web.Url;
SPSite _siteElevated;

SPSecurity.RunWithElevatedPrivileges(delegate
{
_siteElevated = new SPSite(currentWebUrl);
});


_siteElevated = new SPSite(currentWebUrl, SPContext.Current.Site.SystemAccount.UserToken);

<p>
  As anonymous visitor you will not be able to access SPContext.Current.Site.SytemAccount.UserToken. So use SPSecurity to get elevated objects if you have anonymous access enabled.
</p>
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