NetDfsGetStdContainerSecurity function (lmdfs.h)

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02/22/2024

Retrieves the security descriptor for the container object of the specified stand-alone DFS namespace.

Syntax

NET_API_STATUS NET_API_FUNCTION NetDfsGetStdContainerSecurity(
  [in]  LPWSTR               MachineName,
  [in]  SECURITY_INFORMATION SecurityInformation,
  [out] PSECURITY_DESCRIPTOR *ppSecurityDescriptor,
  [out] LPDWORD              lpcbSecurityDescriptor
);

Parameters

[in] MachineName

Pointer to a string that specifies the name of the server that hosts the stand-alone DFS namespace.

[in] SecurityInformation

SECURITY_INFORMATION structure that contains bit flags that indicate the type of security information to retrieve.

[out] ppSecurityDescriptor

Pointer to a list of SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR structures that contain the security items requested in the SecurityInformation parameter.

Note This buffer must be freed by calling the NetApiBufferFree function.

[out] lpcbSecurityDescriptor

The size of the buffer that ppSecurityDescriptor points to, in bytes.

Return value

If the function succeeds, the return value is NERR_Success.

If the function fails, the return value is a system error code. For a list of error codes, see System Error Codes.

Remarks

The security descriptor is retrieved from the object specified by the HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Dfs\Standalone key in the registry of the server specified in the MachineName parameter.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows Vista
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2008
Target Platform	Windows
Header	lmdfs.h (include LmDfs.h, Lm.h)
Library	Netapi32.lib
DLL	Netapi32.dll