Convert a username to a SID string in C#/.NET

Question

There\'s a question about converting from a SID to an account name; there isn\'t one for the other way around.

How do you convert a username to a SID string, for exa

Answer 1

The LookupAccountName() native method has the advantage of being able to be executed on a remote machine whereas the .NET methods can't be executed remotely.

Though the example doesn't show it LookupAccountName(null) <- this is the remote system to execute on.