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System.Security.Principal.Windows

v4.4.0-preview2-25405-01

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 029cf57733b7ec6c1dd8a13857e800b9a8d97192 When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.

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Total Downloads
4.9B
4,851,224,828
Published
Jun 27, 2017
Latest stable version

Install

.NET CLI
dotnet add package System.Security.Principal.Windows --version 4.4.0-preview2-25405-01
Package Manager Console
Install-Package System.Security.Principal.Windows -Version 4.4.0-preview2-25405-01
PackageReference
<PackageReference Include="System.Security.Principal.Windows" Version="4.4.0-preview2-25405-01" />

Frameworks

MonoAndroid1.0 MonoTouch1.0 .NETFramework4.6 .NETFramework4.6.1 .NETCoreApp2.0 .NETStandard1.3 .NETStandard2.0 Xamarin.iOS1.0 Xamarin.Mac2.0 Xamarin.TVOS1.0 Xamarin.WatchOS1.0

Dependencies

System.Security.Claims
.NETFramework4.6
[4.3.0, )
Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms
.NETCoreApp2.0
[2.0.0-preview2-25405-01, )
Microsoft.Win32.Primitives
.NETStandard1.3
[4.3.0, )
System.Collections
.NETStandard1.3
[4.3.0, )
System.Diagnostics.Debug
.NETStandard1.3
[4.3.0, )
System.Reflection
.NETStandard1.3
[4.3.0, )
System.Resources.ResourceManager
.NETStandard1.3
[4.3.0, )
System.Runtime
.NETStandard1.3
[4.3.0, )
System.Runtime.Extensions
.NETStandard1.3
[4.3.0, )
System.Runtime.Handles
.NETStandard1.3
[4.3.0, )
System.Runtime.InteropServices
.NETStandard1.3
[4.3.0, )
System.Security.Claims
.NETStandard1.3
[4.3.0, )
System.Security.Principal
.NETStandard1.3
[4.3.0, )
System.Text.Encoding
.NETStandard1.3
[4.3.0, )
System.Threading
.NETStandard1.3
[4.3.0, )

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