c# - Validate domain user credentials with .NET 2 -

this question solved framework 3.5, need using .net framework 2 , c#.

i want validate given domain\user , password combination. example:

username: thedomain\thename password: thepassword 

also note drawbacks suggested solutions given in link.

current solution using, note false negative possibilities

you can use networkcredential.domain property

the following code example uses domain property set domain associated credentials

// create empty instance of networkcredential class. networkcredential mycredentials = new networkcredential("", "", ""); mycredentials.domain = domain; mycredentials.username = username; mycredentials.password = password;  // create webrequest specified url.  webrequest mywebrequest = webrequest.create(url);  mywebrequest.credentials = mycredentials; console.writeline("\n\nuser credentials:- domain: {0} , username: {1} , password: {2}",                   mycredentials.domain, mycredentials.username, mycredentials.password);  // send request , wait response. console.writeline("\n\nrequest url sent.waiting response...please wait  ..."); webresponse mywebresponse = mywebrequest.getresponse();  // process response. console.writeline("\nresponse received sucessfully");  // release resources of response object. mywebresponse.close(); 

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