How to limit the level of access a user has with in a Windows forms application using Windows 2003/2008 server’s Active Directory.

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I am looking for a way to use Active Directory for security in a VB.NET Windows form based application, not web based. The program access level will NOT be based on the current user logged into the computer. Instead the user would be prompted for their network user name and password from within the program, the Active Directory would be used to determine the features the user would have access to within the program. For critical data entry a login popup would require a supervisor to enter their network user name and password for the change to be made.

Posted 21-Jun-12 4:36am

Louie Lunch

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NeonMika · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-21T04:41:00

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Have a look at the System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory namespace, I just used it for a small project some time ago.

You can see here that there are pretty many methods to work with.

Greets.

Posted 21-Jun-12 4:41am

NeonMika

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Louie Lunch 21-Jun-12 12:41pm

Thank you for link. It listed the following book which had good reviews on Amazon.
The.NET Developer's Guide to Directory Services Programming by Joe Kaplan and Ryan Dunn

NeonMika 22-Jun-12 2:02am

Glad i could help :)