How to validate domain credentials?

Question

I want to validate a set of credentials against the domain controller. e.g.:

Username: STACKOVERFLOW\\joel
Password: splotchy

Method 1. Qu

Answer 1

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement;

class WindowsCred
{
    private const string SPLIT_1 = "\\";

    public static bool ValidateW(string UserName, string Password)
    {
        bool valid = false;
        string Domain = "";

        if (UserName.IndexOf("\\") != -1)
        {
            string[] arrT = UserName.Split(SPLIT_1[0]);
            Domain = arrT[0];
            UserName = arrT[1];
        }

        if (Domain.Length == 0)
        {
            Domain = System.Environment.MachineName;
        }

        using (PrincipalContext context = new PrincipalContext(ContextType.Domain, Domain)) 
        {
            valid = context.ValidateCredentials(UserName, Password);
        }

        return valid;
    }
}

Kashif Mushtaq Ottawa, Canada