Re: Role based security on local machine

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Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 16:04:07 -0400

Sorry about that. My sense of humour sleeps in on Mondays... <gdr>

"Dominick Baier [DevelopMentor]" <dbaier@pleasepleasenospamdevelop.com>
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> Hello Nicole Calinoiu" calinoiu REMOVETHIS AT gmail DOT com,
>
> err, that was a joke - nevermind
>
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> Dominick Baier - DevelopMentor
> http://www.leastprivilege.com
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>> Why would this work? (I'm just seeing the value labels returned.)
>>
>> "Dominick Baier [DevelopMentor]"
>> <dbaier@pleasepleasenospamdevelop.com> wrote in message
>> news:327141632503932663723712@news.microsoft.com...
>>
>>> Hello Nicole Calinoiu" calinoiu REMOVETHIS AT gmail DOT com,
>>>
>>> or just do
>>> WindowsBuiltInRole.Administrator.ToString();
>>> :)
>>>
>>> ---------------------------------------
>>> Dominick Baier - DevelopMentor
>>> http://www.leastprivilege.com
>>>> How exactly would you use the WindowsBuiltInRole enum when defining
>>>> a PrincipalPermission, gvein that only strings are accepted for
>>>> identifying the roles? I know that I've seen a localization-safe
>>>> version of the names quite recently (in an article with a very
>>>> convenient table for mapping the various name formats), but I
>>>> couldn't find it when I went looking earlier this morning...
>>>>
>>>> "Dominick Baier [DevelopMentor]"
>>>> <dbaier@pleasepleasenospamdevelop.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:327075632503869594434528@news.microsoft.com...
>>>>
>>>>> Hello Nicole Calinoiu" calinoiu REMOVETHIS AT gmail DOT com,
>>>>>
>>>>> or even better - use the WindowsBuiltInRole Enum - Builtin groups
>>>>> are localized and that is a major PITA!!
>>>>>
>>>>> BUILTIN\Administrator == VORDEFINIERT\Administrator (german)
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------------------------------------
>>>>> Dominick Baier - DevelopMentor
>>>>> http://www.leastprivilege.com
>>>>>> Is the "MACHINENAME" from your sample code the name of the local
>>>>>> machine or another machine on the network? If it's the local
>>>>>> machine, try using the "BUILTIN\Administrators" syntax instead.
>>>>>> If it's not the local machine, is it possible that your local
>>>>>> account doesn't have permissions to access the target machine at
>>>>>> all?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Diane" <dweaver@hcd.net> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:1114774743.636573.247460@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
>>>>>>> I am testing role based security and have a problem when logged
>>>>>>> into the local machine. It always fails when I specify a group
>>>>>>> instead of a user name. Everything works fine when I'm logged
>>>>>>> into the domain. I'm running it on an XP machine. Following is
>>>>>>> the code:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dim currentDomain As AppDomain = AppDomain.CurrentDomain
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> currentDomain.SetPrincipalPolicy(PrincipalPolicy.WindowsPrincipal
>>>>>>> )
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dim myIdentity As WindowsIdentity = WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent
>>>>>>> Dim myPrincipal As New WindowsPrincipal(myIdentity)
>>>>>>> Thread.CurrentPrincipal = myPrincipal
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dim myPermission As New PrincipalPermission(Nothing,
>>>>>>> "MACHINENAME\Administrators")
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Try
>>>>>>> myPermission.Demand()
>>>>>>> MessageBox.Show("Welcome to the show! You have access!")
>>>>>>> Catch ex As Exception
>>>>>>> MessageBox.Show("Get out of here! You don't have access!")
>>>>>>> MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
>>>>>>> End Try
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