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test - am I on a domain?

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David Thielen - 27 Nov 2006 17:53 GMT
Hi;

In my code I want to test if the CurrentPrincipal is a domain user. What is
the best way to do this?

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Walter Wang [MSFT] - 28 Nov 2006 02:59 GMT
Hi Dave,

You can get CurrentPrincipal.Identity.Name and check the domain name, if
it's equal to current computer name, it's a local user; otherwise it's a
domain user:

       static bool IsDomainUser()
       {
           
AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetPrincipalPolicy(PrincipalPolicy.WindowsPrincipal)
;
           string fullname = Thread.CurrentPrincipal.Identity.Name;
           int i = fullname.LastIndexOf('\\');
           if (i > 0)
           {
               string domain = fullname.Substring(0, i);
               return string.Compare(domain, Environment.MachineName,
true) != 0;
           }
           return false;
       }

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Walter Wang (wawang@online.microsoft.com, remove 'online.')
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David Thielen - 28 Nov 2006 03:20 GMT
That's what I'm presently doing. I was hoping there was a cleaner way.

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Willy Denoyette [MVP] - 28 Nov 2006 14:20 GMT
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Alternatively, you can also compare the Environment.MachineName to Environment.DomainName,
when they are equal, the logon session is local, else Environment.DomainName holds the
current logon domain.

Willy.

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