Having chased around for a clear working example of impersonation in .net I came up with A RunAs_Impersonator class to simplify things. Here is an example of how you would use the class:
CODE
Dim imp As New RunAs_Impersonator
Try
imp.ImpersonateStart(DomainName, UserName, Password) 'creates new context using token for user
Add code to run as UserName here 'everything between ImpersonateStart and ImpersonateStop will be run as the impersonated user
imp.ImpersonateStop()
Catch ex As Exception 'make sure impersonation is stopped whether code succeeds or not
MsgBox(ex.Message)
imp.ImpersonateStop()
End Try
I found a couple of examples from postings and examples in the WindowsImpersonationContext help and re-worked these to split the impersonation into separate start and stop methods - hopefully this makes the usage clearer.
So far it seems to work, but I note that this method has some limitations for instance it doesn't work for win9x or 2000 operating systems. Also (noted from
thread796-1129322) the local policy has to allow users to 'Act As Part of the Operating System.'
Here is the code for the class:
CODE
Imports System
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Imports System.Security.Principal
Imports System.Security.Permissions
Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic
<Assembly: SecurityPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.RequestMinimum, UnmanagedCode:=True), _
Assembly: PermissionSetAttribute(SecurityAction.RequestMinimum, Name:="FullTrust")>
Public Class RunAs_Impersonator
#Region "Private Variables and Enum Constants"
Private tokenHandle As New IntPtr(0)
Private dupeTokenHandle As New IntPtr(0)
Private impersonatedUser As WindowsImpersonationContext
#End Region
#Region "Properties"
#End Region
#Region "Public Methods"
Public Declare Auto Function CloseHandle Lib "kernel32.dll" (ByVal handle As IntPtr) As Boolean
Public Declare Auto Function DuplicateToken Lib "advapi32.dll" (ByVal ExistingTokenHandle As IntPtr, _
ByVal SECURITY_IMPERSONATION_LEVEL As Integer, _
ByRef DuplicateTokenHandle As IntPtr) As Boolean
' Test harness.
' If you incorporate this code into a DLL, be sure to demand FullTrust.
<PermissionSetAttribute(SecurityAction.Demand, Name:="FullTrust")> _
Public Sub ImpersonateStart(ByVal Domain As String, ByVal userName As String, ByVal Password As String)
Try
tokenHandle = IntPtr.Zero
' Call LogonUser to obtain a handle to an access token.
Dim returnValue As Boolean = LogonUser(userName, Domain, Password, 2, 0, tokenHandle)
'check if logon successful
If returnValue = False Then
Dim ret As Integer = Marshal.GetLastWin32Error()
Console.WriteLine("LogonUser failed with error code : {0}", ret)
Throw New System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception(ret)
Exit Sub
End If
'Logon succeeded
' Use the token handle returned by LogonUser.
Dim newId As New WindowsIdentity(tokenHandle)
impersonatedUser = newId.Impersonate()
Catch ex As Exception
Throw ex
Exit Sub
End Try
MsgBox("running as " & impersonatedUser.ToString & " -- " & WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent.Name)
End Sub
<PermissionSetAttribute(SecurityAction.Demand, Name:="FullTrust")> _
Public Sub ImpersonateStop()
' Stop impersonating the user.
impersonatedUser.Undo()
' Free the tokens.
If Not System.IntPtr.op_Equality(tokenHandle, IntPtr.Zero) Then
CloseHandle(tokenHandle)
End If
MsgBox("running as " & Environment.UserName)
End Sub
#End Region
#Region "Private Methods"
Private Declare Auto Function LogonUser Lib "advapi32.dll" (ByVal lpszUsername As [String], _
ByVal lpszDomain As [String], ByVal lpszPassword As [String], _
ByVal dwLogonType As Integer, ByVal dwLogonProvider As Integer, _
ByRef phToken As IntPtr) As Boolean
<DllImport("kernel32.dll")> _
Public Shared Function FormatMessage(ByVal dwFlags As Integer, ByRef lpSource As IntPtr, _
ByVal dwMessageId As Integer, ByVal dwLanguageId As Integer, ByRef lpBuffer As [String], _
ByVal nSize As Integer, ByRef Arguments As IntPtr) As Integer
End Function
#End Region
End Class
Hope this is helpful. Please feel free to add any comments, corrections or improvements.