C# Class pGina.Plugin.LocalMachine.LocalAccount

Generates a random password that meets most of the requriements of Windows Server when password policy complexity requirements are in effect. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc786468%28v=ws.10%29.aspx This generates a string with at least two of each of the following character classes: uppercase letters, lowercase letters, and digits. However, this method does not check for the existence of the username or display name within the generated password. The probability of that occurring is somewhat remote, but could happen. If that is a concern, this method could be called repeatedly until a string is returned that does not contain the username or display name.

Finds and returns the GroupPrincipal object if it exists, if not, returns null. This method uses PrincipalSearcher because it is faster than GroupPrincipal.FindByIdentity. The group name comparison is case insensitive.

Finds and returns the UserPrincipal object if it exists, if not, returns null. This method uses PrincipalSearcher because it is faster than UserPrincipal.FindByIdentity. The username comparison is case insensitive.

This is a faster technique for determining whether or not a user exists on the local machine. UserPrincipal.FindByIdentity tends to be quite slow in general, so if you only need to know whether or not the account exists, this method is much faster.

Returns a list of groups of which the user is a member. It does so in a fashion that may seem strange since one can call UserPrincipal.GetGroups, but seems to be much faster in my tests.