NamedPipeServerStream pipeServer =
new NamedPipeServerStream("testpipe", PipeDirection.InOut, numThreads);
int threadId = Thread.CurrentThread.ManagedThreadId;
// Wait for a client to connect
pipeServer.WaitForConnection();
Console.WriteLine("Client connected on thread[{0}].", threadId);
try
{
// Read the request from the client. Once the client has
// written to the pipe its security token will be available.
StreamString ss = new StreamString(pipeServer);
// Verify our identity to the connected client using a
// string that the client anticipates.
ss.WriteString("I am the one true server!");
string filename = ss.ReadString();
// Read in the contents of the file while impersonating the client.
ReadFileToStream fileReader = new ReadFileToStream(ss, filename);
// Display the name of the user we are impersonating.
Console.WriteLine("Reading file: {0} on thread[{1}] as user: {2}.",
filename, threadId, pipeServer.GetImpersonationUserName());
pipeServer.RunAsClient(fileReader.Start);
}
// Catch the IOException that is raised if the pipe is broken
// or disconnected.
catch (IOException e)
{
Console.WriteLine("ERROR: {0}", e.Message);
}
pipeServer.Close();
}
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
if (args.Length > 0)
{
if (args[0] == "spawnclient")
{
var pipeClient =
new NamedPipeClientStream(".", "testpipe",
PipeDirection.InOut, PipeOptions.None,
TokenImpersonationLevel.Impersonation);
Console.WriteLine("Connecting to server...\n");
pipeClient.Connect();
var ss = new StreamString(pipeClient);
// Validate the server's signature string.
if (ss.ReadString() == "I am the one true server!")
{
// The client security token is sent with the first write.
// Send the name of the file whose contents are returned
// by the server.
ss.WriteString("c:\\textfile.txt");
// Print the file to the screen.
Console.Write(ss.ReadString());
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("Server could not be verified.");
}
pipeClient.Close();
// Give the client process some time to display results before exiting.
Thread.Sleep(40000);
}
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("\n*** Named pipe client stream with impersonation example ***\n");
StartClients();
}
}