Re: How to get the WindowsIdentity of the caller of my excutable?

From: Alek Davis (alek_xDOTx_davis_xATx_intel_xDOTx_com)
Date: 06/22/04

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    I am confused: which module do you want to detect the identity of the
    caller: COM+ DLL or remoting object hosted in a Windows service. COM+ must
    be able to do it easily, but not the remoting object.

    Alek

    "Cindy Liu" <CindyLiu@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    news:F1F901AA-883F-4AF7-BEFE-A425BDB6A20E@microsoft.com...
    > Yes, my Windows service hosts a .Net remoting object, and I have a COM+
    dll talking to it from different computer, and a web server on the same box
    calling COM+ methods. Now I want to pass WondowsIdentity token from COM+ dll
    to my Windows service. Can COM+ dll determine who is the caller, or my web
    server has to get the token and pass to COM+ dll?
    >
    > "Alek Davis" wrote:
    >
    > > Cindy,
    > >
    > > I assume that your Windows service encapsulates a .NET remoting object;
    > > otherwise, your question does not make much sense: a regular Windows
    service
    > > just runs on its own with the identity defined in the Service Control
    > > Manager (which is trivial to obtain). If my assumption is correct, you
    are
    > > out of luck, because CLR does not support any security aspects in .NET
    > > remoting objects running inside of Windows services. You options would
    be
    > > to: (a) host your .NET remoting object in an ASP.NET application instead
    of
    > > Windows service; (b) use SSPI (I cannot comment on this, but there are
    some
    > > references on the Web); or (c) use a commercial product like
    GenuineChannels
    > > (see http://www.genuinechannels.com/).
    > >
    > > Alek
    > >
    > > "Cindy Liu" <CindyLiu@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    > > news:EE740459-E1C4-4AAE-8E5E-A6DB5C72FE27@microsoft.com...
    > > > Hi Everyone,
    > > >
    > > > I created my Windows service. I want to get the WindowsIdentity of the
    > > caller that calls my method in my Windows service. How do I do that?
    > > >
    > > > Thanks in advance!!!
    > > > Cindy
    > >
    > >
    > >

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