SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR
The SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR structure contains the security information associated with an object. Drivers use this structure to set and query an object's security status.
Because the internal format of a security descriptor can vary, drivers are not to modify the SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR structure directly. For creating and manipulating a security descriptor, use the functions listed in the See Also section.
SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR
typedef struct _SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR {
UCHAR Revision;
UCHAR Sbz1;
SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR_CONTROL Control;
PSID Owner;
PSID Group;
PACL Sacl;
PACL Dacl;
} SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR, *PISECURITY_DESCRIPTOR;
A security descriptor includes information that specifies the following components of an object's security:
Qualifiers for the preceding items
Requirements: ntifs.h (include ntifs.h)
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