Determining group identity: WindowsBuiltInRole.PowerUser : WindowsIdentity « Security « C# / CSharp Tutorial






using System;
using System.Security.Principal;

class MainClass
{
  public static void Main() 
  {
    WindowsIdentity wi = WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent();
    WindowsPrincipal prin = new WindowsPrincipal(wi);

    if (prin.IsInRole(WindowsBuiltInRole.PowerUser)) 
    {
      Console.WriteLine("You are a member of the Power User group");
    }
    else
    {
      Console.WriteLine("You are not a member of the Power User group");
    }
  }
}
You are not a member of the Power User group








35.1.WindowsIdentity
35.1.1.Obtain a WindowsIdentity object representing the currently logged on Windows user
35.1.2.Get the current identity
35.1.3.Get the current identity and its associated principal
35.1.4.Determining group identity: WindowsBuiltInRole.PowerUser
35.1.5.Iterate through the group names to see if the current user is a member of each one
35.1.6.Impersonation
35.1.7.Get current principal identity name