Access Control Editor

Does your application use security descriptors to control access to securable objects? Do you want users or administrators to be able to view or edit the information in these security descriptors?

The access control editor provides a standard user interface for editing the information in an object's security descriptor. The editor has a basic security property page for simple editing of the ACEs in the object's DACL. It can optionally display additional property pages for more advanced editing, such as changing the object's owner or modifying the object's SACL.

This overview provides the following information about the access control editor:

• A discussion of the functions and interfaces used to display the access control editor
• A description of the basic security property page
• Descriptions of the advanced property pages

For more information about access control, see the Access Control overview.