WindowsIdentity.GetAnonymous Method

Returns a WindowsIdentity object that represents an anonymous user.

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

public:
static WindowsIdentity^ GetAnonymous ()
public static WindowsIdentity GetAnonymous ()
public static function GetAnonymous () : WindowsIdentity
Not applicable.

Return Value

A WindowsIdentity object that represents an anonymous user.

NoteNote:

This property returns an empty WindowsIdentity object that does not correspond to a Windows anonymous user. The returned WindowsIdentity object cannot be used for any useful activity such as impersonation.

The following code shows the use of the GetAnonymous method to return a WindowsIdentity object that represents an anonymous Windows user. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the WindowsIdentity class.

WindowsIdentity^ windowsIdentity = WindowsIdentity::GetAnonymous();


WindowsIdentity windowsIdentity = WindowsIdentity.GetAnonymous();

Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

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