GetWindowsAccountDomainSid function (securitybaseapi.h)

The GetWindowsAccountDomainSid function receives a security identifier (SID) and returns a SID representing the ___domain of that SID.

Syntax

BOOL GetWindowsAccountDomainSid(
  [in]            PSID  pSid,
  [out, optional] PSID  pDomainSid,
  [in, out]       DWORD *cbDomainSid
);

Parameters

[in] pSid

A pointer to the SID to examine.

[out, optional] pDomainSid

Pointer that GetWindowsAccountDomainSid fills with a pointer to a SID representing the ___domain.

[in, out] cbDomainSid

A pointer to a DWORD that GetWindowsAccountDomainSid fills with the size of the ___domain SID, in bytes.

Return value

Returns TRUE if successful.

Otherwise, returns FALSE. For extended error information, call GetLastError.

Requirements