WindowsIdentity.Owner Property

Definition

Gets the security identifier (SID) for the token owner.

C#
public System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier? Owner { get; }
C#
public System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier Owner { get; }
C#
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComVisible(false)]
public System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier Owner { get; }

Property Value

An object for the token owner.

Attributes

Examples

The following code example shows the use of the Owner property to display the security identifier for the token owner. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the WindowsIdentity class

C#
// Display the SID for the owner.
Console.Write("The SID for the owner is : ");
SecurityIdentifier si = windowsIdentity.Owner;
Console.WriteLine(si.ToString());

Remarks

The SID uniquely identifies a user or group on all Windows NT implementations. The returned SID identifies the default owner SID that will be applied to newly created objects.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Core 1.0, Core 1.1, 6, 7, 8, 9
.NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 2.0 (package-provided)
Windows Desktop 3.0, 3.1, 5