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NetDfsGetFtContainerSecurity function (lmdfs.h)

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Retrieves the security descriptor of the container object for the domain-based DFS namespaces in the specified Active Directory domain.

Syntax

NET_API_STATUS NET_API_FUNCTION NetDfsGetFtContainerSecurity(
  [in]  LPWSTR               DomainName,
  [in]  SECURITY_INFORMATION SecurityInformation,
  [out] PSECURITY_DESCRIPTOR *ppSecurityDescriptor,
  [out] LPDWORD              lpcbSecurityDescriptor
);

Parameters

[in] DomainName

Pointer to a string that specifies the Active Directory domain name.

[in] SecurityInformation

SECURITY_INFORMATION structure that contains bit flags that indicate the type of security information to retrieve.

[out] ppSecurityDescriptor

Pointer to a list SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR structures that contain the security items requested in the SecurityInformation parameter.

Note  This buffer must be freed by calling the NetApiBufferFree function.
 

[out] lpcbSecurityDescriptor

The size of ppSecurityDescriptor, in bytes.

Return value

If the function succeeds, the return value is NERR_Success.

If the function fails, the return value is a system error code. For a list of error codes, see System Error Codes.

Remarks

The security descriptor is retrieved from the "CN=DFS-Configuration,CN=System,DC=domain" object in Active Directory from the primary domain controller (PDC) of the domain specified in the DomainName parameter, where domain is the distinguished name of the domain specified in the DomainName parameter.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows Vista
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2008
Target Platform Windows
Header lmdfs.h (include LmDfs.h, Lm.h)
Library Netapi32.lib
DLL Netapi32.dll

See also

Distributed File System (DFS) Functions

Network Management Functions

Network Management Overview