Impersonator

Please also reference this article http://blogs.msdn.com/jimmytr/archive/2007/04/14/writing-test-code-with-impersonation.aspx

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public class Impersonator
{
   // private members for holding domain user account credentials
   private string username = String.Empty;
   private string password = String.Empty;
   private string domain = String.Empty;
   // this will hold the security context for reverting back to the client after impersonation operations are complete
   private WindowsImpersonationContext impersonationContext = null;

   // disable instantiation via default constructor
   private Impersonator()
   {}

   public Impersonator(string username, string domain, string password)
   {
     // set the properties used for domain user account
     this.username = username;
     this.domain = domain;
     this.password = password;
   }

   private WindowsIdentity Logon()
   {
     IntPtr handle = new IntPtr(0);
     handle = IntPtr.Zero;

            const int LOGON32_LOGON_NETWORK = 3;
            const int LOGON32_PROVIDER_DEFAULT = 0;

     // attempt to authenticate domain user account
     bool logonSucceeded = LogonUser(this.username, this.domain, this.password, LOGON32_LOGON_NETWORK, LOGON32_PROVIDER_DEFAULT, ref handle);

     if(!logonSucceeded)
     {
       // if the logon failed, get the error code and throw an exception
       int errorCode = Marshal.GetLastWin32Error();
       throw new Exception("User logon failed. Error Number: " + errorCode);
     }

     // if logon succeeds, create a WindowsIdentity instance
     WindowsIdentity winIdentity = new WindowsIdentity(handle);

     // close the open handle to the authenticated account
     CloseHandle(handle);

     return winIdentity;
}


public void Impersonate()
{
   // authenticates the domain user account and begins impersonating it
   this.impersonationContext = this.Logon().Impersonate();
}


   public void Undo()
   {
     // rever back to original security context which was store in the   WindowsImpersonationContext instance
     this.impersonationContext.Undo();
   }

   [DllImport("advapi32.dll", SetLastError=true)]
   private static extern bool LogonUser(string lpszUsername,
   string lpszDomain,
   string lpszPassword,
   int dwLogonType,
   int dwLogonProvider,
   ref IntPtr phToken);

   [DllImport("kernel32.dll", CharSet=CharSet.Auto)]
   private static extern bool CloseHandle(IntPtr handle);

}