RegistryPermission.SetPathList(RegistryPermissionAccess, String) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Security.Permissions

Assembly:

System.Security.Permissions.dll

Package:

System.Security.Permissions v9.0.0-rc.2.24473.5

Source:

RegistryPermission.cs

Sets new access for the specified registry variable names to the existing state of the permission.

public:
 void SetPathList(System::Security::Permissions::RegistryPermissionAccess access, System::String ^ pathList);

public void SetPathList (System.Security.Permissions.RegistryPermissionAccess access, string pathList);

member this.SetPathList : System.Security.Permissions.RegistryPermissionAccess * string -> unit

Public Sub SetPathList (access As RegistryPermissionAccess, pathList As String)

Parameters

access

RegistryPermissionAccess

One of the RegistryPermissionAccess values.

pathList

String

A list of registry variables (semicolon-separated).

Exceptions

ArgumentException

The access parameter is not a valid value of RegistryPermissionAccess.

-or-

The pathList parameter is not a valid string.

Examples

The following code example shows the use of the SetPathList method.

// AddPathList adds access for the specified registry variables to the existing state of the permission.
// SetPathList sets new access for the specified registry variable names to the existing state of the permission.
// GetPathList gets paths for all registry variables with the specified RegistryPermissionAccess.
private static bool SetGetPathListDemo()
{
    try
    {
        Console.WriteLine("********************************************************\n");
        RegistryPermission readPerm1;
        Console.WriteLine("Creating RegistryPermission with AllAccess rights for 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\HARDWARE\\DESCRIPTION\\System\\CentralProcessor\\0'");
        readPerm1 = new RegistryPermission(RegistryPermissionAccess.AllAccess, "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\HARDWARE\\DESCRIPTION\\System\\CentralProcessor\\0");
        Console.WriteLine("Adding 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\HARDWARE\\DESCRIPTION' to the write access list, "
            + "and \n 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\HARDWARE\\DESCRIPTION\\System\\FloatingPointProcessor\\0' "
            + "to the read access list.");
        readPerm1.AddPathList(RegistryPermissionAccess.Write, "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\HARDWARE\\DESCRIPTION");
        readPerm1.AddPathList(RegistryPermissionAccess.Read,
            "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\HARDWARE\\DESCRIPTION\\System\\FloatingPointProcessor\\0");
        Console.WriteLine("Read access list before SetPathList = " +
            readPerm1.GetPathList(RegistryPermissionAccess.Read));
        Console.WriteLine("Setting read access rights to \n'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\HARDWARE\\DESCRIPTION\\System\\CentralProcessor\\0'");
        readPerm1.SetPathList(RegistryPermissionAccess.Read,
            "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\HARDWARE\\DESCRIPTION\\System\\CentralProcessor\\0");
        Console.WriteLine("Read access list after SetPathList = \n" +
            readPerm1.GetPathList(RegistryPermissionAccess.Read));
        Console.WriteLine("Write access = \n" +
            readPerm1.GetPathList(RegistryPermissionAccess.Write));
        Console.WriteLine("Write access Registry variables = \n" +
            readPerm1.GetPathList(RegistryPermissionAccess.AllAccess));
    }
    catch (ArgumentException e)
    {
        // RegistryPermissionAccess.AllAccess can not be used as a parameter for GetPathList.
        Console.WriteLine("An ArgumentException occurred as a result of using AllAccess. "
            + "AllAccess cannot be used as a parameter in GetPathList because it represents more than one "
            + "type of registry variable access : \n" + e);
    }

    return true;
}

' AddPathList adds access for the specified registry variables to the existing state of the permission.
' SetPathList sets new access for the specified registry variable names to the existing state of the permission.
' GetPathList gets paths for all registry variables with the specified RegistryPermissionAccess.
Private Shared Function SetGetPathListDemo() As Boolean
    Try
        Console.WriteLine("********************************************************" + vbLf)
        Dim readPerm1 As RegistryPermission
        Console.WriteLine("Creating RegistryPermission with AllAccess rights for 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0'")
        readPerm1 = New RegistryPermission(RegistryPermissionAccess.AllAccess, "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0")
        Console.WriteLine("Adding 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION' to the write access list, " + "and " + vbLf + " 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\FloatingPointProcessor\0' " + "to the read access list.")
        readPerm1.AddPathList(RegistryPermissionAccess.Write, "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION")
        readPerm1.AddPathList(RegistryPermissionAccess.Read, "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\FloatingPointProcessor\0")
        Console.WriteLine("Read access list before SetPathList = " + readPerm1.GetPathList(RegistryPermissionAccess.Read))
        Console.WriteLine("Setting read access rights to " + vbLf + "'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0'")
        readPerm1.SetPathList(RegistryPermissionAccess.Read, "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0")
        Console.WriteLine("Read access list after SetPathList = " + vbLf + readPerm1.GetPathList(RegistryPermissionAccess.Read))
        Console.WriteLine("Write access = " + vbLf + readPerm1.GetPathList(RegistryPermissionAccess.Write))
        Console.WriteLine("Write access Registry variables = " + vbLf + readPerm1.GetPathList(RegistryPermissionAccess.AllAccess))
    Catch e As ArgumentException
        ' RegistryPermissionAccess.AllAccess can not be used as a parameter for GetPathList.
        Console.WriteLine("An ArgumentException occurred as a result of using AllAccess. " + _
        "AllAccess cannot be used as a parameter in GetPathList because it represents more than one " + _
        "type of registry variable access : " + vbLf + e.Message)
    End Try

    Return True

End Function 'SetGetPathListDemo

Remarks

The previous state of the current permission is overwritten.