SID_IDENTIFIER_AUTHORITY info  Overview  Group

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:

A SID must contain a top-level authority and at least one relative identifier (RID) value.

See Also

AllocateAndInitializeSid, GetSidIdentifierAuthority, InitializeSid, SID

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