Public Overloads Function Impersonate( _
   ByVal userName As String, _
   ByVal password As String, _
   ByVal domain As String _
) As Boolean

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Dim instance As Impersonation Dim userName As String Dim password As String Dim domain As String Dim value As Boolean   value = instance.Impersonate(userName, password, domain)

public bool Impersonate( 
   string userName,
   string password,
   string domain
)

Parameters

userName

String value that specifies the name of the user. This is the name of the user account to log on to. If you use the UPN format, user@DNS_domain_name, the Domain parameter must be NULL.

password

String that specifies the clear-text password for the user account specified by Username

domain

String value that specifies the name of the domain or server whose account database contains the UserName account. If this parameter is NULL, the user name must be specified in UPN format. If this parameter is ".", the function validates the account using only the local account database.

Return Value

Target Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 family

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