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Private Declare Auto Function CreateProcessAsUser Lib "advapi32" ( _
ByVal hToken As IntPtr, _
ByVal strApplicationName As String, _
ByVal strCommandLine As String, _
ByRef lpProcessAttributes as SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES, _
ByRef lpThreadAttributes as SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES, _
ByVal bInheritHandles as Boolean, _
ByVal dwCreationFlags As Integer, _
ByVal lpEnvironment As IntPtr, _
ByVal lpCurrentDriectory As String, _
ByRef lpStartupInfo As STARTUPINFO, _
ByRef lpProcessInformation As PROCESS_INFORMATION) As Boolean
VB Signature:
<DllImport("Advapi32.dll", ExactSpelling:=False, SetLastError:=True, CharSet:=CharSet.Unicode)> _
Private Shared Function CreateProcessAsUser( _
ByVal hToken As IntPtr, _
ByVal lpApplicationName As String, _
<[In](), Out(), [Optional]()> ByVal lpCommandLine As StringBuilder, _
ByVal lpProcessAttributes As IntPtr, _
ByVal lpThreadAttributes As IntPtr, _
<MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)> ByVal bInheritHandles As Boolean, _
ByVal dwCreationFlags As Integer, _
ByVal lpEnvironment As IntPtr, _
ByVal lpCurrentDirectory As String, _
<[In]()> ByRef lpStartupInfo As StartupInfo, _
<Out()> ByRef lpProcessInformation As ProcessInformation) As <MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)> Boolean
End Function
Use StringBuilder for lpCommandLine parameter for unicode version of this function.
The Unicode version of this function, CreateProcessAsUserW, can modify the contents of this string. Therefore, this parameter cannot be a pointer to read-only memory (such as a const variable or a literal string). If this parameter is a constant string, the function may cause an access violation.
// Get the user token
if (LogonUser(userPart, domainPart, password, LOGON_TYPE.LOGON32_LOGON_BATCH, LOGON_PROVIDER.LOGON32_PROVIDER_DEFAULT, hToken))
{
// Create structs
SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES saProcessAttributes = new SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES();
SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES saThreadAttributes = new SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES();
// Now create the process as the user
if (!CreateProcessAsUser(hToken, String.Empty, commandLine,
null, saThreadAttributes, false, 0, IntPtr.Zero, 0, si, pi))
{
// Throw exception
throw new Exception("Failed to CreateProcessAsUser");
}
}
VB Sample Code:
Dim pi As PROCESS_INFORMATION
Dim si As STARTUPINFO
si.cb = Marshal.SizeOf(si)
Dim hToken as System.IntPtr
If LogonUser(userPart, domainPart, password, LOGON_TYPE.LOGON32_LOGON_BATCH, _
LOGON_PROVIDER.LOGON32_PROVIDER_DEFAULT, hToken) Then
Dim saProcessAttributes as SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES = new SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES
Dim saThreadAttributes as SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES = new SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES
If Not CreateProcessAsUser(hToken, "", strCmdLine, Nothing, _
saThreadAttributes, False, 0, IntPtr.Zero, 0, si, pi) Then
Throw New Exception(Err.Description)
End If
End If
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The LogonUser function attempts to log a user on to the local computer. The local computer is the computer from which LogonUser was called. You cannot use LogonUser to log on to a remote computer.
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The [SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES] structure contains the security descriptor for an object and specifies whether the handle retrieved by specifying this structure is inheritable. This structure provides security settings for objects created by various functions, such as Kernel32.CreateFile, Kernel32.CreatePipe, Kernel32.CreateProcess, or Advapi32.RegCreateKeyEx.
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The '''PROCESS_INFORMATION''' structure is filled in by either the CreateProcess, CreateProcessAsUser, CreateProcessWithLogonW, or CreateProcessWithTokenW function with information about the newly created process and its primary thread.
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Passed in place of STARTUPINFO to extend CreateProcess
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