ISecurityProperty::ReleaseSID Method

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Releases a security ID that was obtained from the GetDirectCallerSID, GetDirectCreatorSID, GetOriginalCallerSID, or GetOriginalCreatorSID method.

Provided By

ISecurityProperty Interface

HRESULT ISecurityProperty::ReleaseSID (
    PSID pSid
);

Parameters

pSid
[in] A reference to a security ID that was obtained by invoking one of the ISecurityProperty methods.

Return Values

S_OK
The security ID, passed in the pSid parameter, was released.

E_INVALIDARG
The argument passed in the pSid parameter is not a reference to a security ID.

Remarks

You should always invoke the ReleaseSID method to release any security ID pointers returned by the GetDirectCallerSID, GetDirectCreatorSID, GetOriginalCallerSID, and GetOriginalCreatorSID methods of the ISecurityProperty interface.

See Also

Programmatic Security, Advanced Security Methods, IObjectContext Interface