GetSecurityDescriptorControl info Overview Group

The GetSecurityDescriptorControl function retrieves a security descriptor’s control and revision information.

BOOL GetSecurityDescriptorControl(

PSECURITY_DESCRIPTOR pSecurityDescriptor,	// address of security descriptor
PSECURITY_DESCRIPTOR_CONTROL pControl,	// address of control structure
LPDWORD lpdwRevision	// address of revision value
);

Parameters

pSecurityDescriptor: Points to a SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR structure whose control and revision information the function retrieves.
pControl: Points to a SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR_CONTROL structure receiving the security descriptor’s control information.
lpdwRevision: Points to a variable receiving the security descriptor’s revision value. This value is always set, even when GetSecurityDescriptorControl returns an error.

If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.

If the function fails, the return value is zero. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.