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Windows user Impersonation in code (C#)
using System;
using System.Runtime.ConstrainedExecution;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Security;
using System.Security.Permissions;
using System.Security.Principal;
using Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles;
namespace GitHub.Gists
{
[PermissionSet(SecurityAction.Demand, Name = "FullTrust")]
public class Impersonation : IDisposable
{
private readonly SafeTokenHandle _handle;
private readonly WindowsImpersonationContext _context;
const int LOGON32_LOGON_NEW_CREDENTIALS = 9;
public Impersonation(string domain, string username, string password)
{
var ok = LogonUser(username, domain, password,
LOGON32_LOGON_NEW_CREDENTIALS, 0, out this._handle);
if (!ok)
{
var errorCode = Marshal.GetLastWin32Error();
throw new ApplicationException(string.Format("Could not impersonate the elevated user. LogonUser returned error code {0}.", errorCode));
}
this._context = WindowsIdentity.Impersonate(this._handle.DangerousGetHandle());
}
public void Dispose()
{
this._context.Dispose();
this._handle.Dispose();
}
[DllImport("advapi32.dll", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
private static extern bool LogonUser(String lpszUsername, String lpszDomain, String lpszPassword, int dwLogonType, int dwLogonProvider, out SafeTokenHandle phToken);
public sealed class SafeTokenHandle : SafeHandleZeroOrMinusOneIsInvalid
{
private SafeTokenHandle()
: base(true) { }
[DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
[ReliabilityContract(Consistency.WillNotCorruptState, Cer.Success)]
[SuppressUnmanagedCodeSecurity]
[return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
private static extern bool CloseHandle(IntPtr handle);
protected override bool ReleaseHandle()
{
return CloseHandle(handle);
}
}
public static Impersonation Impersonate()
{
return new Impersonation("domain", "username", "password");
}
}
}
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