A small C# Class for impersonating a User

Uwe Keim

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Introduced a class that simplifies Windows Impersonation in C#.

zetaimpersonator_demo.zip
- ImpersonatorDemo
  - App.ico
  - AssemblyInfo.cs
  - bin
  - Impersonator.cs
  - ImpersonatorDemo.csproj
  - ImpersonatorDemo.csproj.user
  - ImpersonatorDemo.sln
  - Program.cs

Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 8.00
Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "ImpersonatorDemo", "ImpersonatorDemo.csproj", "{227151AE-2CF5-42F0-A736-814A4361E0BE}"
	ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
	EndProjectSection
EndProject
Global
	GlobalSection(SolutionConfiguration) = preSolution
		Debug = Debug
		Release = Release
	EndGlobalSection
	GlobalSection(ProjectConfiguration) = postSolution
		{227151AE-2CF5-42F0-A736-814A4361E0BE}.Debug.ActiveCfg = Debug|.NET
		{227151AE-2CF5-42F0-A736-814A4361E0BE}.Debug.Build.0 = Debug|.NET
		{227151AE-2CF5-42F0-A736-814A4361E0BE}.Release.ActiveCfg = Release|.NET
		{227151AE-2CF5-42F0-A736-814A4361E0BE}.Release.Build.0 = Release|.NET
	EndGlobalSection
	GlobalSection(ExtensibilityGlobals) = postSolution
	EndGlobalSection
	GlobalSection(ExtensibilityAddIns) = postSolution
	EndGlobalSection
EndGlobal

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Uwe Keim

Chief Technology Officer Zeta Software GmbH

Germany

Uwe does programming since 1989 with experiences in Assembler, C++, MFC and lots of web- and database stuff and now uses ASP.NET and C# extensively, too. He has also teached programming to students at the local university.

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