SID_IDENTIFIER_AUTHORITY
The SID_IDENTIFIER_AUTHORITY
structure represents the top-level authority of a security identifier (SID).
typedef struct _SID_IDENTIFIER_AUTHORITY { // sia
BYTE
Value[6];
} SID_IDENTIFIER_AUTHORITY ;
Members
Value
An array of
six bytes specifying a SID s top-level authority.
Remarks
The
identifier authority value identifies the agency that issued the SID. Some
identifier authorities are predefined:
|
Identifier
authority |
Value |
|
SECURITY_NULL_SID_AUTHORITY |
0 |
|
SECURITY_WORLD_SID_AUTHORITY |
1 |
|
SECURITY_LOCAL_SID_AUTHORITY |
2 |
|
SECURITY_CREATOR_SID_AUTHORITY |
3 |
|
SECURITY_NT_AUTHORITY |
5 |
A SID must
contain a top-level authority and at least one relative identifier (RID) value.
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