SECURITY_INFORMATION info  Overview  Group

The SECURITY_INFORMATION structure identifies the object-related security information being set or queried. This security information includes:

• The owner of an object

• The primary group of an object

• The discretionary access-control list (ACL) of an object

• The system ACL of an object

typedef DWORD SECURITY_INFORMATION; 

 

Each item of security information is designated by a bit flag. The following values specify the bits:

Value	Meaning
OWNER_SECURITY_INFORMATION	Indicates the owner identifier of the object is being referenced.
GROUP_SECURITY_INFORMATION	Indicates the primary group identifier of the object is being referenced.
DACL_SECURITY_INFORMATION	Indicates the discretionary ACL of the object is being referenced.
SACL_SECURITY_INFORMATION	Indicates the system ACL of the object is being referenced.

See Also

GetFileSecurity, GetKernelObjectSecurity, GetPrivateObjectSecurity, GetUserObjectSecurity, SetFileSecurity, SetKernelObjectSecurity, SetPrivateObjectSecurity, SetUserObjectSecurity