GetFileSecurityA3w
Usage
BOOL GetFileSecurityA
(
LPCSTR lpFileName,
SECURITY_INFORMATION RequestedInformation,
PSECURITY_DESCRIPTOR pSecurityDescriptor,
DWORD nLength,
LPDWORD lpnLengthNeeded
)
Overview
Obtains Specified information about the security of a file or directory.
Params
lpFileName [In] Name of the file to get information for.
RequestedInformation [In] SE_ flags from "winnt.h".
pSecurityDescriptor [Out] Destination for security information.
nLength [In] Length of pSecurityDescriptor.
lpnLengthNeeded [Out] Destination for length of returned security information.
Returns
Success: TRUE. pSecurityDescriptor contains the requested information.
Failure: FALSE. lpnLengthNeeded contains the required space to return the info.
Notes
The information returned is constrained by the callers access rights and privileges.
Implementation
Declared in "winbase.h".
Implemented in "dlls/advapi32/security.c".
Debug channel "advapi".
Releases
4 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 3 times.