Determining if the user has admin privileges

[Ravi]

Hi,
I'm writing a C# .NET code in which I need to first determine if the
user has administrative privlieges on that system (or if the user belongs to
the administrative group). Could anyone please tell me how I can achieve this.

Thank you

Ravi.

[Brian Delahunty]

You need to use the WindowsPrinciple class in the System.Security.Principal
namespace.

e.g.
=====================
using System.Security.Principal;
using System.Threading;

....
....

Thread.GetDomain().SetPrincipalPolicy(PrincipalPol icy.WindowsPrincipal);
WindowsPrincipal wp = (WindowsPrincipal)Thread.CurrentPrincipal;
bool isAdmin = wp.IsInRole(WindowsBuiltInRole.Administrator);
Console.WriteLine(isAdmin);
=====================

The above code will print out "True" if the current user is an Administrator
and "False" if not;

Hope this helps!

Brian Delahunty
Ireland

http://briandela.com/blog
"Ravi" wrote:

Hi,
I'm writing a C# .NET code in which I need to first determine if the
user has administrative privlieges on that system (or if the user belongs to
the administrative group). Could anyone please tell me how I can achieve this.

Thank you

Ravi.

[Ravi]

Hi Brian,
Thanks for the quick reply to my question. Your suggestion is
very helpful to me at this time.

Thank you

Ravi.
"Brian Delahunty" wrote:

You need to use the WindowsPrinciple class in the System.Security.Principal
namespace.

e.g.
=====================
using System.Security.Principal;
using System.Threading;

...
...

Thread.GetDomain().SetPrincipalPolicy(PrincipalPol icy.WindowsPrincipal);
WindowsPrincipal wp = (WindowsPrincipal)Thread.CurrentPrincipal;
bool isAdmin = wp.IsInRole(WindowsBuiltInRole.Administrator);
Console.WriteLine(isAdmin);
=====================

The above code will print out "True" if the current user is an Administrator
and "False" if not;

Hope this helps!

Brian Delahunty
Ireland

http://briandela.com/blog
"Ravi" wrote:

Hi,
I'm writing a C# .NET code in which I need to first determine if the
user has administrative privlieges on that system (or if the user belongs to
the administrative group). Could anyone please tell me how I can achieve this.

Thank you

Ravi.