Class Impersonator

Impersonation of a user. Allows to execute code under another user context. Please note that the account that instantiates the Impersonator class needs to have the 'Act as part of operating system' privilege set.

Inheritance
System.Object
Impersonator
Namespace: Cireson.Core.Common.Helpers
Assembly: Cireson.Core.Common.dll
Syntax
public class Impersonator : IDisposable
Remarks

This class is based on the information in the Microsoft knowledge base article http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q306158

Encapsulate an instance into a using-directive like e.g.:

... using ( new Impersonator( "myUsername", "myDomainname", "myPassword" ) ) { ... [code that executes under the new context] ... } ... See also http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/10090/A-small-C-Class-for-impersonating-a- User for original unaltered code base for this implementation.

Constructors

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Impersonator(String, String, String)

Constructor. Starts the impersonation with the given credentials. Please note that the account that instantiates the Impersonator class needs to have the 'Act as part of operating system' privilege set.

Declaration
public Impersonator(string userName, string domainName, string password)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.String userName

The name of the user to act as.

System.String domainName

The domain name of the user to act as.

System.String password

The password of the user to act as.

Remarks

Admin, 8/24/2017.

Methods

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Dispose()

Performs application-defined tasks associated with freeing, releasing, or resetting unmanaged resources.

Declaration
public void Dispose()
Remarks

Admin, 8/24/2017.

Extension Methods