C# accessing active directory with different user credentials

Question

There is a new user creation application that we have just provided our users. However these users need the ability to creation users through the application even though the

Answer 1

You can use the DirectoryEntry class directly and specify the username and password:

DirectoryEntry de = new DirectoryEntry(path);

de.Username = "username";
de.Password = "password";

And access Active Directory from the de object. Or you can use the WindowsIdentity class and and impersonate a User:

WindowsIdentity newId = new WindowsIdentity(safeTokenHandle.DangerousGetHandle());
WindowsImpersonationContext impersonatedUser = newId.Impersonate();

A full code sample is available at:

Impersonation and DirectoryEntry