Class SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    java.lang.AutoCloseable, NativeResource, Pointer


    public class SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES
    extends Struct
    implements NativeResource
    Contains the security descriptor for an object and specifies whether the handle retrieved by specifying this structure is inheritable. This structure provides security settings for objects created by various functions, such as CreateFile, CreatePipe, CreateProcess, RegCreateKeyEx, or RegSaveKeyEx.

    Member documentation

    • nLength – the size, in bytes, of this structure. Set this value to SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES.SIZEOF.
    • lpSecurityDescriptor – a pointer to a SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR structure that controls access to the object. If the value of this member is NULL, the object is assigned the default security descriptor associated with the access token of the calling process. This is not the same as granting access to everyone by assigning a NULL discretionary access control list (DACL). By default, the default DACL in the access token of a process allows access only to the user represented by the access token.
    • bInheritHandle – specifies whether the returned handle is inherited when a new process is created. If this member is TRUE, the new process inherits the handle.

    Layout

     struct SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES {
         DWORD nLength;
         LPVOID lpSecurityDescriptor;
         BOOL bInheritHandle;
     }