ISecurityProperty::ReleaseSID method (comsvcs.h)

Releases the security identifier returned by one of the other ISecurityProperty methods.

Syntax

HRESULT ReleaseSID(
  [in] PSID pSID
);

[in] pSID

A reference to a security ID.

This method can return the following values.

Return code	Description
S_OK	The method completed successfully.
E_INVALIDARG	The argument passed in the pSid parameter is not a reference to a security ID.

You should always invoke the ReleaseSID method to release any security ID pointers returned by the GetDirectCallerSID, GetDirectCreatorSID, GetOriginalCallerSID, and GetOriginalCreatorSID methods.

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]
Target Platform	Windows
Header	comsvcs.h