API -> LookupAccountName [ Library : advapi32.dll, Category : Security ] [C#, VB, VB.net]

LookupAccountName

Library : advapi32.dll Category : Security

Api Example(s)
Handling NTFS Permissions Part -1 (handling kernel object permissions)
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Handling NTFS Permissions Part-5 (handling printer permissions)

API Description :

The LookupAccountName function accepts the name of a system and an account as input. It retrieves a security identifier (SID) for the account and the name of the domain on which the account was found.

VB Declaration :

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Declare Function LookupAccountName Lib "advapi32" Alias "LookupAccountNameA" (ByVaL lpSystemName As String, ByVaL lpAccountName As String, Sid As Long, cbSid As Long, ByVaL ReferencedDomainName As String, cbReferencedDomainName As Long, peUse%) As Long

Parameters :

· lpSystemName
[in] Pointer to a null-terminated string specifying the system. This string can be the name of a remote computer. If this string is NULL, the account name is looked up on the local system.

· lpAccountName
[in] Pointer to a null-termina

Return :

If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.

If the function fails, the return value is zero. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

OS Requirement :

Requires Windows NT 3.1 or later
Win9x/ME: Not supported

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