UserInfoImpersonateUser Method

Impersonates the specified user.

Namespace: GSF.Identity
Assembly: GSF.Core (in GSF.Core.dll) Version: 2.4.304-beta+e40582bbb64c28edadb696048770577c4e325275

Syntax

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public static WindowsImpersonationContext ImpersonateUser(
	string domain,
	string userName,
	string password
)

Public Shared Function ImpersonateUser ( 
	domain As String,
	userName As String,
	password As String
) As WindowsImpersonationContext

public:
static WindowsImpersonationContext^ ImpersonateUser(
	String^ domain, 
	String^ userName, 
	String^ password
)

static member ImpersonateUser : 
        domain : string * 
        userName : string * 
        password : string -> WindowsImpersonationContext

GSF.Identity.UserInfo.ImpersonateUser = function(domain, userName, password);

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Parameters

domain String: Domain of user to impersonate.
userName String: Username of user to impersonate.
password String: Password of user to impersonate.

Return Value

WindowsImpersonationContext
A WindowsImpersonationContext object of the impersonated user.

Remarks

After impersonating a user the code executes under the impersonated user's identity.

Example

This example shows how to impersonate a user:


             using System;
             using GSF.Identity;
            
             class Program
             {
                 static void Main(string[] args)
                 {
                     Console.WriteLine(string.Format("User before impersonation: {0}", UserInfo.CurrentUserID));
                     UserInfo.ImpersonateUser("XYZCorp", "johndoe", "password"); // Impersonate user.
                     Console.WriteLine(string.Format("User after impersonation: {0}", UserInfo.CurrentUserID));
            
                     Console.ReadLine();
                 }
             }

Reference

UserInfo Class

GSF.Identity Namespace