IAcctMgmt::GetSidFromName Method

Gets the security identifier (SID) for the specified account.

IDL Definition

HRESULT GetSidFromName (
  [in] BSTR bstrDomain,
  [in] BSTR bstrUserLogin, 
  [out] VARIANT* varSid
);

Visual Basic Definition

Public Sub GetSidFromName(
  bstrDomain as String,
  bstrUserLogin as String,
  ByRef varSid as Variant
)

Parameters

bstrDomain

The domain in which the user account resides. If the string is empty, the local system domain is assumed.

bstrUserLogin

The login name for the account.

varSid

On return, a VARIANT of subtype VT_ARRAY | VT_UI1 (VARIANT SAFEARRAY of unsigned chars) containing the security identifier for the account.

Example

See the class example.