Re: [GD-Windows] Getting an user's security details

[Adrian C. <ce...@ce...>]

Ah well I searched for that in MSDN, not to worry :) The problem is that I'm
a wee bit bone-headed and can't figure out how to do the impersonation if
the user ain't logged. Any info on this matter will prove most helpful.

Thanks a bunch,
Adrian

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ted Howard" <ted...@ho...>
To: <gam...@li...>
Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 7:49 PM
Subject: Re: [GD-Windows] Getting an user's security details


> I believe that the keyword to search for on MSDN is "impersonation".
>
> -Ted
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Adrian Cearnau" <ce...@ce...>
> To: <gam...@li...>
> Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 9:37 AM
> Subject: Re: [GD-Windows] Getting an user's security details
>
>
> > I *don't* want the password, I just want to start a process that uses
> > another user's security credentials/rights. I don't wanna store the
> password
> > anywhere, just like in the one-way security system you yourself
mentioned.
> >
> > Oh, and I'm just learning how to create services, and I tought a
> cron-alike
> > would be cool to create.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ivan-Assen Ivanov" <as...@ha...>
> > To: <gam...@li...>
> > Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 7:22 PM
> > Subject: RE: [GD-Windows] Getting an user's security details
> >
> >
> > > You are looking for a function like GetCurrentUserPassword() ?
> > > That's a very bad idea, and I'd be very surprised if such a function
> > > existed.
> > >
> > > Imagine someone walking in on to your PC while you're on
> > > lunch break and running a small exe calling that function.
> > > He would be able to gain much more control over your PC
> > > (and possibly your life, if you, like the vast majority of
> > > users, reuse passwords) than he has just by having temporary
> > > physical access. He could change your password. He could
> > > set your password to expire. He could log in with the same
> > > password to other services.
> > >
> > > Notice that Win2K-s own cron-like security service (Scheduled Tasks)
> > > asks you for a users's password when you specify you need to
> > > run a task as a certain password.
> > >
> > > Actually, Unices have been doing just fine for decades without
> > > having the passwords themselves stored anyway - just their
> > > one-way encrypted (hashed) form.
> > >
> > > regards,
> > > Assen
> > >
> > > PS. What's wrong with Scheduled Tasks?
> > >
> > >
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