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securitywinapivisual-c++impersonation

Is it possible to impersonate a user without logging him on?

Is it possible to impersonate a user without supplying user name/password? Basically, I'd like to get the CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA for a user (not the current one) using the ShGetFolderPath() function. All I currently have is a SID for that user.

Solution

  • No, you have to call Win32 API LogonUser function to get windows account token back so you can then impersonate.