GetWindowsAccountDomainSid function (securitybaseapi.h)

The GetWindowsAccountDomainSid function receives a security identifier (SID) and returns a SID representing the domain of that SID.

Syntax

BOOL GetWindowsAccountDomainSid(
  [in]            PSID  pSid,
  [out, optional] PSID  pDomainSid,
  [in, out]       DWORD *cbDomainSid
);

Parameters

[in] pSid

A pointer to the SID to examine.

[out, optional] pDomainSid

Pointer that GetWindowsAccountDomainSid fills with a pointer to a SID representing the domain.

[in, out] cbDomainSid

A pointer to a DWORD that GetWindowsAccountDomainSid fills with the size of the domain SID, in bytes.

Return value

Returns TRUE if successful.

Otherwise, returns FALSE. For extended error information, call GetLastError.

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