AuditQueryGlobalSaclW function (ntsecapi.h)

The AuditQueryGlobalSacl function retrieves a global system access control list (SACL) that delegates access to the audit messages. Updating the global SACL requires the SeSecurityPrivilege which protects the global SACL from being updated by any user without administrator privileges.

Syntax

BOOLEAN AuditQueryGlobalSaclW(
  [in]  PCWSTR ObjectTypeName,
  [out] PACL   *Acl
);

Parameters

[in] ObjectTypeName

A pointer to a null-terminated string specifying the type of object being accessed. This parameter must be either "File" or "Key", depending on whether the object is a file or registry. This string appears in any audit message that the function generates.

[out] Acl

A pointer to an ACL structure that contains the SACL information. This should be freed later by calling the LocalFree function.

Return value

If the function succeeds, it returns TRUE.

If the function fails, it returns FALSE. To get extended error information, call GetLastError. GetLastError may return one of the following error codes defined in WinError.h.

Return code/value Description
ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED
5
The caller does not have the privilege or access rights necessary to call this function.
ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER
87
One or more parameters are invalid.

Remarks

To successfully call this function, the caller must have SeSecurityPrivilege.

Note

The ntsecapi.h header defines AuditQueryGlobalSacl as an alias that automatically selects the ANSI or Unicode version of this function based on the definition of the UNICODE preprocessor constant. Mixing usage of the encoding-neutral alias with code that is not encoding-neutral can lead to mismatches that result in compilation or runtime errors. For more information, see Conventions for Function Prototypes.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows 7 [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2008 R2 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform Windows
Header ntsecapi.h
Library Advapi32.lib
DLL Advapi32.dll