NetGroupGetInfo  117XQBQ 

The NetGroupGetInfo function retrieves information about a particular global group account on a server.

Security Requirements

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

NET_API_STATUS NetGroupGetInfo(

    LPWSTR servername,

 

    LPWSTR groupname,

 

    DWORD level,

 

    LPBYTE *bufptr

 

   );

 

 

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.

groupname

Pointer to a Unicode string containing the name of the global group account on which to return information.

level

Specifies one of the following values to return the level of information pointed to in the bufptr parameter.

Value

Meaning

0

Return group name. The returned buffer points to an array of GROUP_INFO_04LFWOWE structures.

1

Return group name and comment. The returned buffer points to an array of GROUP_INFO_14L_WOWE structures.

2

Return information about the group. The returned buffer points to an array of GROUP_INFO_26MZPNGJ structures.

 

bufptr

Pointer to the return information structure is returned in the address pointed to by bufptr. The returned buffer should be deallocated using NetApiBufferFree.

 

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_GroupNotFound

The group name could not be found.

 

See Also

NetGroupSetInfo