Where does "authentication" get its credentials?

Published: 19 Oct 2001

Let's say you create a Virual Directory on your Web Site that points to a shared file on another server. You are using NTFS authentication/security for access to the folders/Web pages beneath that shared file (and all of your Web site for that matter). Does authentication use the credentials you used (when prompted) to initially create the Vitrual Directory, or does it use the credentials from the user that actually authenticated the Web Site?
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