"Diane Yocom" wrote:

> Can someone point me in the right direction for finding out how to do custom
> authentication in a WinForm application?
>
> I have a WinForm (VB.Net) application with a login screen.  I want my users
> to input their username and password, then I will authenticate them against
> my database.  That's fine, I can do that.  What I can't figure out is how to
> now tell dotnet that My.User has been authenticated and what roles they are
> in.
>
> I'm converting this from an ASP.Net application, so I've created my own
> CustomPrincipal class, I'm just missing how to say, "Yes, this user is
> authenticated" and I can't figure out what to search on to give me any
> useful information.
>
> Help!
> Diane
>
>
>

"Claus Konrad" <ClausKon***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2A628733-A2AA-40CF-9FE8-E35A957C31BE@microsoft.com...
> Hi
>
> You should use the GenericIdentity and GenericPrincipal objects for that.
> And do associate the current identity to the current thread to be allowed
> to
> detect who is calling your methods.
>
> Example:
>
> class Program
> {
> static void Main(string[] args)
> {
> IIdentity iden = new GenericIdentity("Claus");
> string[] roles = new string[]{"Admin", "Power"};
> IPrincipal prin = new GenericPrincipal(iden, roles);
>
> System.Threading.Thread.CurrentPrincipal = prin;
>
> //call method
> MyMethod();
>
> Console.WriteLine("Done");
> Console.Read();
> }
>
>
> static void MyMethod()
> {
> //assert caller
> IIdentity caller = System.Threading.Thread.CurrentPrincipal.Identity;
> Console.WriteLine("Caller = {0}", caller.Name);
>
> }
> }
> --
> rgds.
> /Claus Konrad
> www.clauskonrad.net
>
> "Diane Yocom" wrote:
>
>> Can someone point me in the right direction for finding out how to do
>> custom
>> authentication in a WinForm application?
>>
>> I have a WinForm (VB.Net) application with a login screen.  I want my
>> users
>> to input their username and password, then I will authenticate them
>> against
>> my database.  That's fine, I can do that.  What I can't figure out is how
>> to
>> now tell dotnet that My.User has been authenticated and what roles they
>> are
>> in.
>>
>> I'm converting this from an ASP.Net application, so I've created my own
>> CustomPrincipal class, I'm just missing how to say, "Yes, this user is
>> authenticated" and I can't figure out what to search on to give me any
>> useful information.
>>
>> Help!
>> Diane
>>
>>
>>

> Hi
>
> You should use the GenericIdentity and GenericPrincipal objects for
> that.
> And do associate the current identity to the current thread to be
> allowed to
> detect who is calling your methods.
> Example:
>
> class Program
> {
> static void Main(string[] args)
> {
> IIdentity iden = new GenericIdentity("Claus");
> string[] roles = new string[]{"Admin", "Power"};
> IPrincipal prin = new GenericPrincipal(iden, roles);
> System.Threading.Thread.CurrentPrincipal = prin;
>
> //call method
> MyMethod();
> Console.WriteLine("Done");
> Console.Read();
> }
> static void MyMethod()
> {
> //assert caller
> IIdentity caller =
> System.Threading.Thread.CurrentPrincipal.Identity;
> Console.WriteLine("Caller = {0}", caller.Name);
> }
> }
> "Diane Yocom" wrote:
>> Can someone point me in the right direction for finding out how to do
>> custom authentication in a WinForm application?
>>
>> I have a WinForm (VB.Net) application with a login screen.  I want my
>> users to input their username and password, then I will authenticate
>> them against my database.  That's fine, I can do that.  What I can't
>> figure out is how to now tell dotnet that My.User has been
>> authenticated and what roles they are in.
>>
>> I'm converting this from an ASP.Net application, so I've created my
>> own CustomPrincipal class, I'm just missing how to say, "Yes, this
>> user is authenticated" and I can't figure out what to search on to
>> give me any useful information.
>>
>> Help!
>> Diane