System.Security.Principal.Windows 4.6.0-preview.18571.3

Provides classes for retrieving the current Windows user and for interacting with Windows users and groups.

Commonly Used Types:
System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity
System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier
System.Security.Principal.NTAccount
System.Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal
System.Security.Principal.IdentityReference
System.Security.Principal.IdentityNotMappedException
System.Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole
System.Security.Principal.WellKnownSidType

When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.

Requires NuGet 2.12 or higher.

Install-Package System.Security.Principal.Windows -Version 4.6.0-preview.18571.3

dotnet add package System.Security.Principal.Windows --version 4.6.0-preview.18571.3

<PackageReference Include="System.Security.Principal.Windows" Version="4.6.0-preview.18571.3" />

paket add System.Security.Principal.Windows --version 4.6.0-preview.18571.3

Release Notes

https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=799421

Dependencies

• .NETCoreApp 2.0

  • Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms (>= 2.0.0)

• .NETFramework 4.6

  • System.Security.Claims (>= 4.3.0)

• .NETFramework 4.6.1

  • No dependencies.

• .NETFramework 4.7.2

  • No dependencies.

• .NETStandard 1.3

  • Microsoft.Win32.Primitives (>= 4.3.0)
  • System.Collections (>= 4.3.0)
  • System.Diagnostics.Debug (>= 4.3.0)
  • System.Reflection (>= 4.3.0)
  • System.Resources.ResourceManager (>= 4.3.0)
  • System.Runtime (>= 4.3.0)
  • System.Runtime.Extensions (>= 4.3.0)
  • System.Runtime.Handles (>= 4.3.0)
  • System.Runtime.InteropServices (>= 4.3.0)
  • System.Security.Claims (>= 4.3.0)
  • System.Security.Principal (>= 4.3.0)
  • System.Text.Encoding (>= 4.3.0)
  • System.Threading (>= 4.3.0)

• .NETStandard 2.0

  • No dependencies.

• UAP 10.0.16299

  • No dependencies.

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