ManagementAuthorization.IsAuthorized(IPrincipal, String) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.Web.Management.Server

Assembly:: Microsoft.Web.Management.dll

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Retrieves a value indicating whether the specified principal is authorized for the specified configuration path.

public:
 static bool IsAuthorized(System::Security::Principal::IPrincipal ^ principal, System::String ^ configurationPath);

public static bool IsAuthorized (System.Security.Principal.IPrincipal principal, string configurationPath);

static member IsAuthorized : System.Security.Principal.IPrincipal * string -> bool

Public Shared Function IsAuthorized (principal As IPrincipal, configurationPath As String) As Boolean

Parameters

principal: IPrincipal

A IPrincipal interface that represents the security context of the user on whose behalf the code is running.

configurationPath: String

The configuration path.

Returns

Boolean

true if the principal is authorized for the specified configuration path; otherwise, false.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

principal or configurationPath is null.

Examples

The following example demonstrates the IsAuthorized method. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the ManagementAuthorization class.

SiteOwnerDetailsBag.Add(1, 
    ManagementAuthorization.IsAuthorized(principal, path).ToString());
SiteOwnerDetailsBag.Add(2, siteName as string);

The following example sets the principal parameter to an object that enables you to check the Windows group membership of the current user.

AppDomain domain = Thread.GetDomain();
domain.SetPrincipalPolicy(PrincipalPolicy.WindowsPrincipal);
WindowsPrincipal principal = (WindowsPrincipal)Thread.CurrentPrincipal;

Remarks

This method checks the Administration.config file to determine whether the principal is an authorized user for the specified configuration path.

Applies to