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PrincipalPolicy Enumeration

.NET Framework 4.5

Specifies how principal and identity objects should be created for an application domain. The default is UnauthenticatedPrincipal.

Namespace: System.Security.Principal
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

C++

[SerializableAttribute]
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public enum PrincipalPolicy

Members

	Member name	Description
	UnauthenticatedPrincipal	Principal and identity objects for the unauthenticated entity should be created. An unauthenticated entity has Name set to the empty string ("") and IsAuthenticated set to false.
	NoPrincipal	No principal or identity objects should be created.
	WindowsPrincipal	Principal and identity objects that reflect the operating system token associated with the current execution thread should be created, and the associated operating system groups should be mapped into roles.

Remarks

For performance reasons, the default principal and identity objects are not created until they are needed. If a principal is explicitly added to the current thread, a default principal is not created and the principal policy setting is ignored.

A trusted host can override the default principal policy by specifying another of these values using the SetPrincipalPolicy method of an AppDomain.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

System.Security.Principal Namespace

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