Getting user group for a user

[Sabin Finateanu]

Hi! Can anyone tell me how can I get the user group for the current windows
user? Please help me!

Sabin Finateanu

[Mike Ryan]

Hi Sabin,

You can check the user against known Windows group names by using
WindowsPrincipal's IsInRole method. Retrieving unknown group names
(which sounds like the case here) may pose more of a problem for you. If
you're on a Win2K network you may have access to Active Directory
services, and you could then take advantage of the functionality offered
by the System.Directory namespace. Without Active Directory I believe
your answer becomes more elusive (maybe others can offer potential
solutions in this case).

Good luck!

- Mike

Sabin Finateanu wrote:

Hi! Can anyone tell me how can I get the user group for the current windows
user? Please help me!

[Picho]

Sabin,
as mike stated, checking this out without AD is different. for AD searches
and queries you use the DirectorySearcher class (under the DirectoryServices
namespace) using the LDAP protocol. for non-AD queries, use the same calss
with the WinNT protocol.

for a quick start, look for the DirectoryEntry.Path Property on the MSDN
help.

Picho
"Mike Ryan" <CA***********@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Hi Sabin,

You can check the user against known Windows group names by using
WindowsPrincipal's IsInRole method. Retrieving unknown group names (which
sounds like the case here) may pose more of a problem for you. If you're
on a Win2K network you may have access to Active Directory services, and
you could then take advantage of the functionality offered by the
System.Directory namespace. Without Active Directory I believe your answer
becomes more elusive (maybe others can offer potential solutions in this
case).

Good luck!

- Mike

Sabin Finateanu wrote:

Hi! Can anyone tell me how can I get the user group for the current
windows user? Please help me!