GetFileSecurityA(3w)

NAME

GetFileSecurityA (ADVAPI32.@)

SYNOPSIS

BOOL GetFileSecurityA
 (
  LPCSTR               lpFileName,
  SECURITY_INFORMATION RequestedInformation,
  PSECURITY_DESCRIPTOR pSecurityDescriptor,
  DWORD                nLength,
  LPDWORD              lpnLengthNeeded
 )

DESCRIPTION

Obtains Specified information about the security of a file or directory.

PARAMS

lpFileName [In] Name of the file to get information for.

RequestedInformation [In] SE_ flags from "winnt.h".

pSecurityDescriptor [Out] Destination for security information.

nLength [In] Length of pSecurityDescriptor.

lpnLengthNeeded [Out] Destination for length of returned security information.

RETURNS

Success: TRUE. pSecurityDescriptor contains the requested information.

Failure: FALSE. lpnLengthNeeded contains the required space to return the info.

NOTES

The information returned is constrained by the callers access rights and privileges.

IMPLEMENTATION

Defined in "winbase.h".

Implemented in "build/buildd-wine-unstable_1.1.32-1+b1-amd64-KnxYu0/wine-unstable-1.1.32/build32/dlls/advapi32/security.c".

Debug channel "advapi".

Wine API Aug 2010 GetFileSecurityA(3w)