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See the CardsWrapper example.

See the CardsWrapper example.

See the CardsWrapper example.

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static extern void BuildExplicitAccessWithName(

Declare Function BuildExplicitAccessWithName Lib "advapi32.dll" ( _

BuildExplicitAccessWithName does not appear to work on x64 bit systems. Usually causes an AppCrash in compiled .net apps. Same code works when compiled as x86 app.

    BuildExplicitAccessWithName(ea, strUserName, iPerm, SET_ACCESS, CONTAINER_INHERIT_ACE Or OBJECT_INHERIT_ACE)

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    If Not LogonUser(strUser, strDomain, strPassword, LogonType, LogonProvider, Token) Then

         switch (WaitHandle.WaitAny (dispatchHandles))

if (LogonUser(userPart, domainPart, password, LOGON_TYPE.LOGON32_LOGON_BATCH, LOGON_PROVIDER.LOGON32_PROVIDER_DEFAULT, hToken))

If LogonUser(userPart, domainPart, password, LOGON_TYPE.LOGON32_LOGON_BATCH, _

  public static extern bool CreateProcessWithLogonW(

     String             password,

    Public Function CreateProcessWithLogonW(ByVal userName As String, ByVal domain As String, ByVal password As String, ByVal logonFlags As UInt32, ByVal applicationName As String, ByVal commandLine As String, ByVal creationFlags As UInt32, ByVal environment As UInt32, ByVal currentDirectory As String, ByRef startupInfo As StartupInfo, ByRef processInformation As ProcessInformation) As Boolean

    Public Function CreateProcessWithLogonW(ByVal userName As String, ByVal domain As String, ByVal password As String, ByVal logonFlags As UInt32, ByVal applicationName As String, ByVal commandLine As String, ByVal creationFlags As UInt32, ByVal environment As UInt32, ByVal currentDirectory As String, ByRef startupInfo As StartupInfo, ByRef processInformation As ProcessInformation) As Boolean

    Dim password As String = "blank"

        CreateProcessWithLogonW(user, domain, password, Convert.ToUInt32(1), _

        public static extern bool CreateProcessWithLogonW(

            String password,

            String password = "Blank";

                CreateProcessWithLogonW(

                    password,

    string lpPassword);

                ByVal serviceStartName As String, ByVal password As String) As IntPtr

The following enum (Create Process Flags) can be used by CreateProcess, CreateProcessAsUser, CreateProcessWithLogonW, and CreateProcessWithTokenW.

      DOMAIN_PASSWORD = 2,

      DOMAIN_VISIBLE_PASSWORD = 4,

            password = certCredential.CardPin;

        DOMAIN_PASSWORD = 2,

        DOMAIN_VISIBLE_PASSWORD = 4,

        // Get the password

        byte[] passwordBytes =  new byte[cred.credentialBlobSize];

        Marshal.Copy(cred.credentialBlob, passwordBytes , 0, cred.credentialBlobSize);

        string passwordText = Encoding.Unicode.GetString(passwordBytes);

        DOMAIN_PASSWORD = 2,

        DOMAIN_VISIBLE_PASSWORD = 4,

Use System.Text.Encoding.Unicode.GetString to convert the CredentialBlob into a password string.

     CRED_TYPE_DOMAIN_PASSWORD = 2,

     CRED_TYPE_DOMAIN_VISIBLE_PASSWORD = 4

If it's legal for PInvoke.net to swipe Microsoft's own code, the stuff here is even better:

internal static void AddDomainUserCredential(string target, string userName, string password)

     userCredential.type = (UInt32)CRED_TYPE.CRED_TYPE_DOMAIN_PASSWORD;

     byte[] bpassword = Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(password);

     userCredential.credentialBlobSize = (UInt32)bpassword.Length;

     userCredential.credentialBlob = Marshal.StringToCoTaskMemUni(password);

$password = "password"

$cred.credentialBlobSize = [System.Text.Encoding]::Unicode.GetBytes($password).length

$cred.credentialBlob = [System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::StringToCoTaskMemUni($password)

System.Security.Cryptography.PasswordDeriveBytes and call the CryptDeriveKey.

A more secure way is to store the AutoLogon password in LSA using LsaStorePrivateData with DefaultPassword as KeyName and the password as PrivateData

Declare Function DefaultPassword Lib "advapi32.dll" (TODO) As TODO

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/secauthn/security/protecting_the_automatic_logon_password.asp

[DllImport("advapi32.dll", EntryPoint="EnumDependentServicesW", ExactSpelling=true, SetLastError=true)]

        public IntPtr shi502_passwd;

Public Sub Logon(ByVal strUser As String, ByVal strPassword As String, ByVal strDomain As String)

    blnResult = LogonUser(strUser, strDomain, strPassword, _

  string lpszPassword,

  ByVal lpszPassword As String, _

Public Shared Function LogonUser(ByVal userName As String, ByVal domain As String, ByVal password As String) As IntPtr

  If LogonUserEx(userName, domain, password, Logon32Type.Batch, Logon32Provider.Default, token, Nothing, Nothing, Nothing, Nothing) = 0 Then

    string lpszPassword,

Declare Function LogonUserA 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

  string lpszPassword,

  ByVal lpszPassword As String, _

Public Shared Function LogonUser(ByVal userName As String, ByVal domain As String, ByVal password As String) As IntPtr

  If LogonUserEx(userName, domain, password, Logon32Type.Batch, Logon32Provider.Default, token, Nothing, Nothing, Nothing, Nothing) = 0 Then

(Answer: Nobody knows why, but the runtime seems to screw it up)

    static extern uint LsaEnumerateAccountsWithUserRight(

    Declare Function LsaEnumerateAccountsWithUserRight Lib "advapi32.dll" ( _

    'NTSTATUS LsaEnumerateAccountsWithUserRight(

    internal static extern uint LsaEnumerateAccountsWithUserRight(

        uint ret = Win32Sec.LsaEnumerateAccountsWithUserRight(lsaHandle, privileges, out buffer, out count);

    ' Setup the input parameters for the LsaEnumerateAccountsWithUserRight API

    ret = LsaEnumerateAccountsWithUserRight(Policy, DenyTSRights, EnumBuf, count)

        string[] accounts = lsaSec.GetUsersWithPrivilege("SeNetworkLogonRight");

    internal static extern uint LsaEnumerateAccountsWithUserRight(

    public string[] GetUsersWithPrivilege(string privilege)

        Win32Sec.LsaEnumerateAccountsWithUserRight(lsaHandle, privileges, out buffer, out count);

I used a custom marshaler to live a happier life with the "own super special" string type that LSA uses. It marshals LSA_UNICODE_STRINGS to and from normal .NET strings. See "Alternate Sample Code" way below. However I'm quite new to p/invoke and this is my first custom marshaler ever, so please keep your eyes open for problems and bugs with my code. (A problem I had was CleanUpNativeData for data converted from managed to unmanaged aswell as for data converted from unmanaged to managed. Since I didn't allocate the data myself in the latter case my marshaler uses a hash table to keep track of the native data it allocated itself. Don't know if that's the correct way, however. Feel free to mail me at pi AT removethispart frohwalt removethisaswell DOT de for suggestions/corrections. ) Oh, by the way this also contains an example for LSARetrievePrivateData in case you want to read out some RunAs passwords from the LSA. (My goal is to ultimateley change them, not to read them )

    ' Setup the input parameters for the LsaEnumerateAccountsWithUserRight API

    ret = LsaEnumerateAccountsWithUserRight(Policy, DenyTSRights, EnumBuf, count)

(However, these won't do when you need to modify COM runas Passwords ...)

But LsaStorePrivatData is still usefull for storing DefaultPassword in LSA and avoid to have the password in cleartext in registry.

internal static extern NET_API_STATUS NetValidatePasswordPolicy(

    NET_VALIDATE_PASSWORD_TYPE ValidationType,

Declare Function NetValidatePasswordPolicy Lib "Netapi32.dll" (TODO) As TODO

internal struct NET_VALIDATE_PASSWORD_HASH

    public bool PasswordMatched;

internal struct NET_VALIDATE_PASSWORD_CHANGE_INPUT_ARG

    public IntPtr ClearPassword;

    public NET_VALIDATE_PASSWORD_HASH HashedPassword;

    public bool PasswordMatched;

internal struct NET_VALIDATE_PASSWORD_RESET_INPUT_ARG

    public string ClearPassword;

    public NET_VALIDATE_PASSWORD_HASH HashedPassword;

    public bool PasswordMustChangeAtNextLogon;

    public ComTypes.FILETIME PasswordLastSet;

    public ComTypes.FILETIME BadPasswordTime;

    public uint BadPasswordCount;

    public uint PasswordHistoryLength;

    public IntPtr PasswordHistory;

    NERR_BadPassword = 2203,

    NERR_PasswordTooRecent = 2246,

    NERR_PasswordHistConflict = 2244,

    NERR_PasswordTooShort = 2245,

    NERR_PasswordTooLong = 2703,

    NERR_PasswordNotComplexEnough = 2704,

    NERR_PasswordFilterError = 2705,

    NERR_PasswordMustChange = 2701,

    NERR_PasswordExpired = 2242

internal enum NET_VALIDATE_PASSWORD_TYPE

    NetValidatePasswordChange,

    NetValidatePasswordReset

private static extern NET_API_STATUS NetValidatePasswordPolicyFree(ref IntPtr OutputArg);

     var inputArgs = new NET_VALIDATE_PASSWORD_CHANGE_INPUT_ARG();

     inputArgs.PasswordMatched = true;

        inputArgs.ClearPassword = Marshal.StringToBSTR(@"password");

        //inputArgs.ClearPassword = Marshal.SecureStringToBSTR(secureStringPassword);

        NET_API_STATUS status = NetValidatePasswordPolicy(serverName, IntPtr.Zero, NET_VALIDATE_PASSWORD_TYPE.NetValidatePasswordChange, inputPointer, ref outputPointer);

            NetValidatePasswordPolicyFree(ref outputPointer);

        if (inputArgs.ClearPassword != IntPtr.Zero)

            Marshal.ZeroFreeBSTR(inputArgs.ClearPassword);

/// account/password pair is not required. Useful in double-hop

[DllImport("advapi32", EntryPoint = "RegisterTraceGuidsW", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode, ExactSpelling = true)]

[DllImport("advapi32", EntryPoint = "RegisterTraceGuidsW", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode, ExactSpelling = true)]

            if (this._registryPath.StartsWith("HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT"))

            else if (this._registryPath.StartsWith("HKCR"))

            else if (this._registryPath.StartsWith("HKEY_CURRENT_USER"))

            else if (this._registryPath.StartsWith("HKCU"))

            else if (this._registryPath.StartsWith("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE"))

            else if (this._registryPath.StartsWith("HKLM"))

            else if (this._registryPath.StartsWith("HKEY_USERS"))

            else if (this._registryPath.StartsWith("HKU"))

            else if (this._registryPath.StartsWith("HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG"))

            else if (this._registryPath.StartsWith("HKCC"))

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