Get user groups

[Alex Bibiano]

I use this code to get the current user in my Windows application:

AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetPrincipalPolicy(Princip alPolicy.WindowsPrincipal);
WindowsIdentity wi = WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent();
Console.WriteLine(wi.Name);
now, I want get the windows groups this users belong. How can I do it?

If I have to search in the ActiveDirectory, how can I know if the user is in
an ActiveDirectory Domain and his path?

A lot of thanks

[Willy Denoyette [MVP]]

Why do you need this, can't you simply use the IsInRole method to check
group membership?

Willy.
"Alex Bibiano" <ab******@informatica.com> wrote in message
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I use this code to get the current user in my Windows application:

AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetPrincipalPolicy(Princip alPolicy.WindowsPrincipal);
WindowsIdentity wi = WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent();
Console.WriteLine(wi.Name);
now, I want get the windows groups this users belong. How can I do it?

If I have to search in the ActiveDirectory, how can I know if the user is
in an ActiveDirectory Domain and his path?

A lot of thanks

[Alejandro Bibiano González]

In the application I'm developing, when the application starts users can
select between different menus (menus are stored in a database). Every user
has access only to specific menus. I store also in the database for every
menu, the role (group) that can access to this menu (this role is an AD
group), and when the user start the application, I want populate a list whit
the menus user can access (only menus whit a group within user is). To do
this, I need a list of groups a user belongs.

Has somebody a better approach to do the same?

Alex Bibiano
"Willy Denoyette [MVP]" <wi*************@pandora.be> escribió en el mensaje
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Why do you need this, can't you simply use the IsInRole method to check
group membership?

Willy.
"Alex Bibiano" <ab******@informatica.com> wrote in message
news:Oj**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

I use this code to get the current user in my Windows application:

AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetPrincipalPolicy(Princip alPolicy.WindowsPrincipal);
WindowsIdentity wi = WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent();
Console.WriteLine(wi.Name);
now, I want get the windows groups this users belong. How can I do it?

If I have to search in the ActiveDirectory, how can I know if the user is
in an ActiveDirectory Domain and his path?

A lot of thanks