ServiceCredentials.WindowsAuthentication Property
Gets the current Windows authentication settings for this service.
Namespace: System.ServiceModel.Description
Assembly: System.ServiceModel (in System.ServiceModel.dll)
Property Value
Type: System.ServiceModel.Security.WindowsServiceCredentialA WindowsServiceCredential instance.
Use this class to specify whether to allow anonymous Windows users access by setting the AllowAnonymousLogons property. Also, use this class to specify whether to include a group information to which users belong in the AuthorizationContext by setting the IncludeWindowsGroups property.
The following code shows how to use this property to get the instance of the credential used by the service.
// Create a service host. Uri httpUri = new Uri("http://localhost/Calculator"); ServiceHost sh = new ServiceHost(typeof(Calculator), httpUri); // Create a binding that uses a WindowsServiceCredential. WSHttpBinding b = new WSHttpBinding(SecurityMode.Message); b.Security.Message.ClientCredentialType = MessageCredentialType.Windows; // Add an endpoint. sh.AddServiceEndpoint(typeof(ICalculator), b, "WindowsCalculator"); // Get a reference to the WindowsServiceCredential object. WindowsServiceCredential winCredential = sh.Credentials.WindowsAuthentication; // Print out values. Console.WriteLine("IncludeWindowsGroup: {0}", winCredential.IncludeWindowsGroups); Console.WriteLine("UserNamePasswordValidationMode: {0}", winCredential.AllowAnonymousLogons); Console.ReadLine();
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)
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