GetSecurityDescriptorRMControl function (securitybaseapi.h)

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02/22/2024

The GetSecurityDescriptorRMControl function retrieves the resource manager control bits.

Syntax

DWORD GetSecurityDescriptorRMControl(
  [in]  PSECURITY_DESCRIPTOR SecurityDescriptor,
  [out] PUCHAR               RMControl
);

Parameters

[in] SecurityDescriptor

A pointer to a SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR structure that contains the resource manager control bits. The value of the Control member is set to SE_RM_CONTROL_VALID.

[out] RMControl

A pointer to a buffer that receives the resource manager control bits.

Return value

If the function succeeds, the return value is ERROR_SUCCESS.

If the function fails, the following value is returned.

Return code	Description
ERROR_INVALID_DATA	The SE_RM_CONTROL_VALID bit flag is not set in the specified SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR structure.

Remarks

The resource manager control bits are eight bits in the Sbz1 member of the SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR structure that contains information specific to the resource manager accessing the structure. These bits should be accessed only through the GetSecurityDescriptorRMControl and SetSecurityDescriptorRMControl functions.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows XP [desktop apps \| UWP apps]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2003 [desktop apps \| UWP apps]
Target Platform	Windows
Header	securitybaseapi.h (include Windows.h)
Library	Advapi32.lib
DLL	Advapi32.dll