NetUserGetInfo
The NetUserGetInfo
function retrieves information about a particular user account on a server.
Security Requirements
No special
group membership is required to successfully execute NetUserGetInfo.
This is a change from LAN Manager, which required membership in the Administrators
or Account Operators local group to call this function at information levels
above 0 (except for the user s own account, which could use level 11).
NET_API_STATUS NetUserGetInfo(
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LPWSTR servername, |
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LPWSTR username, |
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DWORD level, |
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LPBYTE *bufptr |
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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.
username
Pointer to a
Unicode string containing the name of the user account on which to return
information.
level
Specifies one
of the following values to return the level of information provided.
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Value |
Meaning |
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0 |
Returns USER_INFO_0 structure pointed to in bufptr. |
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1 |
Returns USER_INFO_1 structure pointed to in bufptr. |
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2 |
Returns USER_INFO_2 structure pointed to in bufptr. |
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3 |
Returns USER_INFO_3 structure pointed to in bufptr. |
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10 |
Returns USER_INFO_10 structure pointed to in bufptr. |
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11 |
Returns USER_INFO_11 structure pointed to in bufptr. |
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20 |
Returns USER_INFO_20 structure pointed to in bufptr. |
bufptr
Pointer to
the buffer in which the data set with the level parameter is stored. The
returned buffer should be deallocated using the NetApiBufferFree function.
Return Values
If the
function is successful, it returns NERR_SUCCESS.
If the
function fails, the return value is one of the following error codes.
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Value |
Meaning |
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ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED |
The user
does not have access to the requested information. |
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NERR_InvalidComputer |
The
computer name is invalid. |
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NERR_UserNotFound |
The user
name could not be found. |
See Also