Passing username/pw into c# winform

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Hey all,

I have been looking around for a while trying to find the answer for this but i've come up short each time. Basically what I have is a helpdesk app that I've built to quickly and easily unlock AD accounts and reset PW's as well as pull up information about a user. Currently I have to have a user log into the app with the credentials they already use to get onto the PC's here at work. I want them to be able to just open the utility and start using it instead of them having to re-enter their login info.

What I have tried:

Currently the users have to log into the utility with their network info - I store it in strings that I end up having to pass around the program to retrieve info. The utility works perfectly now but I'd like to remove the extra login process.

Posted 9-Feb-16 11:37am

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an0ther1 · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-09T12:40:00

Solution 1

The current Windows Login detail is accessible as follows;

C#

System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity userI = System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent();

This will allow you to get their Username but the Users password is not accessible

[MSDN Reference - WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent]

Posted 9-Feb-16 12:40pm

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Member 12317227 9-Feb-16 19:02pm

sweet! thanks for the info