NetLocalGroupAdd  174EK4O 

The NetLocalGroupAdd function creates a local group in the security database.

Security Requirements

Only members of the Administrators or Account Operators local group can successfully execute NetLocalGroupAdd.

NET_API_STATUS NetLocalGroupAdd(

    LPWSTR servername,

 

    DWORD level,

 

    LPBYTE buf,

 

    LPDWORD parm_err

 

   );

 

 

Parameters

servername

Pointer to a Unicode string containing the name of the remote server on which the function is to execute. A NULL pointer or string specifies the local computer.

level

Specifies one of the following values to set the level of information pointed to in the buf parameter.

Value

Meaning

0

Specify local group name of the user. The specified buffer points to an array of LOCALGROUP_INFO_021984AX structures.

1

Specify local group attributes of the user. The specified buffer points to an array of LOCALGROUP_INFO_12N9D3Y_ structures.

 

buf

Pointer to a buffer containing the local group information structure.

parm_err

Optional pointer to a DWORD that returns the index of the first parameter to cause ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER. If NULL the parameter is not returned on error.

 

Return Values

If the function succeeds, the return value is NERR_Success.

If the function fails, the return value is one of the following error codes.

Value

Meaning

ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED

The user does not have access to the requested information.

NERR_InvalidComputer

The computer name is invalid.

NERR_NotPrimary

The operation is allowed only on the primary domain controller of the domain.

NERR_GroupExists

The group already exists.

NERR_UserExists

The user account already exists.

ERROR_ALIAS_EXISTS

An error occurs when accessing the alias.

 

See Also

NetLocalGroupDel