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    <p>I am using Active Directory in a custom MembershipProvider class to authenticate users in an ASP.NET 2.0 intranet application and associate their sid with a profile for the application.</p> <p>When the <code>ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider</code> is used, the <code>ProviderUserKey</code> object for the <code>MembershipUser</code> is as follows</p> <pre><code>SecurityIdentifier sid = (SecurityIdentifier)Membership.GetUser().ProviderUserKey; string sidValue = sid.ToString(); /* sidValue = "S-1-5-21-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-YY" */ </code></pre> <p>As I understand it, <code>YY</code> is the principal within the namespace (also referred to as a group/domain).</p> <p>When using the custom MembershipProvider, I can get the sid using the <code>objectSid</code> property of a DirectoryEntry object</p> <pre><code>DirectoryEntry entry = new DirectoryEntry(path, username, password); SecurityIdentifier sid = new SecurityIdentifier((byte[])entry.Properties["objectSid"].Value, 0); string sidValue = sid.ToString(); /* sidValue = "S-1-5-21-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX" */ </code></pre> <p>The <code>sidValue</code> in this case is identical, except it does not contain the principal <code>YY</code>.</p> <p>My question is two-fold</p> <ol> <li>Is the principal required in order to uniquely identify an individual? </li> <li>Is it possible to obtain the principal from the DirectoryEntry object (or through any other classes available in <code>System.DirectoryServices</code>)?</li> </ol> <p><strong>EDIT:</strong></p> <p>Having done some further reading (<a href="http://www.rlmueller.net/ComputerSIDs.htm" rel="noreferrer">{1}</a> <a href="http://chantilly.computertraining.edu/index.php/guid-vs-sid" rel="noreferrer">{2}</a>), I now know that the sid can change if the user is moved from one group/domain to another. In light of this, would using the <code>GUID</code> defined in the <code>DirectoryEntry</code> <code>Properties["objectGUID"]</code> be a better choice for uniquely identifying a user?</p>
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