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LogonUser (advapi32)
 
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Summary
allows you to programmatically log on a user.

C# Signature:

[DllImport("advapi32.dll", SetLastError=true, CharSet=CharSet.Unicode)]
public static extern bool LogonUser(
    string lpszUsername,
    string lpszDomain,
    string lpszPassword,
    LogonType dwLogonType,
    LogonProvider dwLogonProvider,
    [Out]out IntPtr phToken
    );

VB .NET Signature:

Declare Auto Function LogonUser Lib "advapi32.dll" (ByVal lpszUsername As String, _
   ByVal lpszDomain As String, ByVal lpszPassword As String, ByVal dwLogonType As Integer, _
   ByVal dwLogonProvider As Integer, ByRef phToken As IntPtr) As Integer

User-Defined Types:

public enum LogonType : int

{

    Interactive       = 2,
    Network       = 3,
    Batch         = 4,
    Service       = 5,
    Unlock        = 7,
    NetworkCleartext  = 8,
    NewCredentials    = 9

}

public enum LogonProvider : int

{

    Default       = 0,
    WinNT35       = 1,
    WinNT40       = 2,
    WinNT50       = 3

}

Notes:

See MSDN docs for description of various logon types etc.

Tips & Tricks:

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Sample Code:

IntPtr hToken = IntPtr.Zero;

if(!LogonUser(username, domain, password, LogonType.Interactive, LogonProvider.Default, out hToken))
     throw new Win32Exception(Marshal.GetLastWin32Error());

if(hToken != IntPtr.Zero)
     CloseHandle(hToken);

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Documentation
LogonUser on MSDN

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