RtlLengthRequiredSid function (ntifs.h)

The RtlLengthRequiredSid routine returns the length, in bytes, of the buffer required to store a security identifier (SID) with a specified number of subauthorities.

Syntax

NTSYSAPI ULONG RtlLengthRequiredSid(
  [in] ULONG SubAuthorityCount
);

Parameters

[in] SubAuthorityCount

The number of subauthorities to be stored in the SID.

Return value

RtlLengthRequiredSid returns the length, in bytes, of the buffer required to store the SID structure.

Remarks

For more information about security and access control, see Windows security model for driver developers and the documentation on these topics in the Windows SDK.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Target Platform Universal
Header ntifs.h (include Ntifs.h)
Library NtosKrnl.lib
DLL NtosKrnl.exe (kernel mode); Ntdll.dll (user mode)
IRQL <= APC_LEVEL

See also

RtlEqualPrefixSid

RtlEqualSid

RtlInitializeSid

RtlLengthSid

RtlSubAuthoritySid

RtlValidSid

SID