How do you do Impersonation in .NET?

Question

Is there a simple out of the box way to impersonate a user in .NET?

So far I\'ve been using this class from code project for all my impersonation requirements.

Answer 1

I'm aware that I'm quite late for the party, but I consider that the library from Phillip Allan-Harding, it's the best one for this case and similar ones.

You only need a small piece of code like this one:

private const string LOGIN = "mamy";
private const string DOMAIN = "mongo";
private const string PASSWORD = "HelloMongo2017";

private void DBConnection()
{
    using (Impersonator user = new Impersonator(LOGIN, DOMAIN, PASSWORD, LogonType.LOGON32_LOGON_NEW_CREDENTIALS, LogonProvider.LOGON32_PROVIDER_WINNT50))
    {
    }
}

And add his class:

.NET (C#) Impersonation with Network Credentials

My example can be used if you require the impersonated logon to have network credentials, but it has more options.