public static void Main()
{
// Create a string representing the current user.
string user = Environment.UserDomainName + "\\" +
Environment.UserName;
// Create a security object that grants no access.
SemaphoreSecurity mSec = new SemaphoreSecurity();
// Add a rule that grants the current user the
// right to enter or release the semaphore and read the
// permissions on the semaphore.
SemaphoreAccessRule rule = new SemaphoreAccessRule(user,
SemaphoreRights.Synchronize | SemaphoreRights.Modify
| SemaphoreRights.ReadPermissions,
AccessControlType.Allow);
mSec.AddAccessRule(rule);
// Add a rule that denies the current user the
// right to change permissions on the semaphore.
rule = new SemaphoreAccessRule(user,
SemaphoreRights.ChangePermissions,
AccessControlType.Deny);
mSec.AddAccessRule(rule);
// Display the rules in the security object.
ShowSecurity(mSec);
// Create a rule that grants the current user
// the right to read permissions on the semaphore, and
// take ownership of the semaphore. Use this rule to
// remove the right to read permissions from the
// Allow rule for the current user. The inclusion
// of the right to take ownership has no effect.
rule = new SemaphoreAccessRule(user,
SemaphoreRights.TakeOwnership |
SemaphoreRights.ReadPermissions,
AccessControlType.Allow);
mSec.RemoveAccessRule(rule);
ShowSecurity(mSec);
}
internal static void Main()
{
//<Snippet2>
const string semaphoreName = "SemaphoreExample5";
Semaphore sem = null;
bool doesNotExist = false;
bool unauthorized = false;
// Attempt to open the named semaphore.
try
{
// Open the semaphore with (SemaphoreRights.Synchronize
// | SemaphoreRights.Modify), to enter and release the
// named semaphore.
//
sem = Semaphore.OpenExisting(semaphoreName);
}
catch (WaitHandleCannotBeOpenedException)
{
Console.WriteLine("Semaphore does not exist.");
doesNotExist = true;
}
catch (UnauthorizedAccessException ex)
{
Console.WriteLine("Unauthorized access: {0}", ex.Message);
unauthorized = true;
}
//</Snippet2>
// There are three cases: (1) The semaphore does not exist.
// (2) The semaphore exists, but the current user doesn't
// have access. (3) The semaphore exists and the user has
// access.
//
if (doesNotExist)
{
//<Snippet4>
// The semaphore does not exist, so create it.
//
// The value of this variable is set by the semaphore
// constructor. It is true if the named system semaphore was
// created, and false if the named semaphore already existed.
//
bool semaphoreWasCreated;
// Create an access control list (ACL) that denies the
// current user the right to enter or release the
// semaphore, but allows the right to read and change
// security information for the semaphore.
//
string user = Environment.UserDomainName + "\\"
+ Environment.UserName;
SemaphoreSecurity semSec = new SemaphoreSecurity();
SemaphoreAccessRule rule = new SemaphoreAccessRule(
user,
SemaphoreRights.Synchronize | SemaphoreRights.Modify,
AccessControlType.Deny);
semSec.AddAccessRule(rule);
rule = new SemaphoreAccessRule(
user,
SemaphoreRights.ReadPermissions | SemaphoreRights.ChangePermissions,
AccessControlType.Allow);
semSec.AddAccessRule(rule);
// Create a Semaphore object that represents the system
// semaphore named by the constant 'semaphoreName', with
// maximum count three, initial count three, and the
// specified security access. The Boolean value that
// indicates creation of the underlying system object is
// placed in semaphoreWasCreated.
//
sem = new Semaphore(3, 3, semaphoreName,
out semaphoreWasCreated, semSec);
// If the named system semaphore was created, it can be
// used by the current instance of this program, even
// though the current user is denied access. The current
// program enters the semaphore. Otherwise, exit the
// program.
//
if (semaphoreWasCreated)
{
Console.WriteLine("Created the semaphore.");
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("Unable to create the semaphore.");
return;
}
//</Snippet4>
}
else if (unauthorized)
{
//<Snippet3>
// Open the semaphore to read and change the access
// control security. The access control security defined
// above allows the current user to do this.
//
try
{
sem = Semaphore.OpenExisting(
semaphoreName,
SemaphoreRights.ReadPermissions
| SemaphoreRights.ChangePermissions);
// Get the current ACL. This requires
// SemaphoreRights.ReadPermissions.
SemaphoreSecurity semSec = sem.GetAccessControl();
string user = Environment.UserDomainName + "\\"
+ Environment.UserName;
// First, the rule that denied the current user
// the right to enter and release the semaphore must
// be removed.
SemaphoreAccessRule rule = new SemaphoreAccessRule(
user,
SemaphoreRights.Synchronize | SemaphoreRights.Modify,
AccessControlType.Deny);
semSec.RemoveAccessRule(rule);
// Now grant the user the correct rights.
//
rule = new SemaphoreAccessRule(user,
SemaphoreRights.Synchronize | SemaphoreRights.Modify,
AccessControlType.Allow);
semSec.AddAccessRule(rule);
// Update the ACL. This requires
// SemaphoreRights.ChangePermissions.
sem.SetAccessControl(semSec);
Console.WriteLine("Updated semaphore security.");
// Open the semaphore with (SemaphoreRights.Synchronize
// | SemaphoreRights.Modify), the rights required to
// enter and release the semaphore.
//
sem = Semaphore.OpenExisting(semaphoreName);
//</Snippet3>
}
catch (UnauthorizedAccessException ex)
{
Console.WriteLine("Unable to change permissions: {0}", ex.Message);
return;
}
}
// Enter the semaphore, and hold it until the program
// exits.
//
try
{
sem.WaitOne();
Console.WriteLine("Entered the semaphore.");
Console.WriteLine("Press the Enter key to exit.");
Console.ReadLine();
sem.Release();
}
catch (UnauthorizedAccessException ex)
{
Console.WriteLine("Unauthorized access: {0}", ex.Message);
}
}
