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System.Security.AccessControl Namespace

The System.Security.AccessControl namespace provides programming elements that control access to and audit security-related actions on securable objects.

  ClassDescription
Public classAccessRule Represents a combination of a user's identity, an access mask, and an access control type (allow or deny). An AccessRule object also contains information about the how the rule is inherited by child objects and how that inheritance is propagated.
Public classAceEnumerator Provides the ability to iterate through the access control entries (ACEs) in an access control list (ACL).
Public classAuditRule Represents a combination of a user's identity and an access mask. An AuditRule object also contains information about how the rule is inherited by child objects, how that inheritance is propagated, and for what conditions it is audited.
Public classAuthorizationRule Determines access to securable objects. The derived classes AccessRule and AuditRule offer specializations for access and audit functionality.
Public classAuthorizationRuleCollection Represents a collection of AuthorizationRule objects.
Public classCommonAce Represents an access control entry (ACE).
Public classCommonAcl Represents an access control list (ACL) and is the base class for the DiscretionaryAcl and SystemAcl classes.
Public classCommonObjectSecurity Controls access to objects without direct manipulation of access control lists (ACLs). This class is the abstract base class for the NativeObjectSecurity class.
Public classCommonSecurityDescriptor Represents a security descriptor. A security descriptor includes an owner, a primary group, a Discretionary Access Control List (DACL), and a System Access Control List (SACL).
Public classCompoundAce Represents a compound Access Control Entry (ACE).
Public classCryptoKeyAccessRule Represents an access rule for a cryptographic key. An access rule represents a combination of a user's identity, an access mask, and an access control type (allow or deny). An access rule object also contains information about the how the rule is inherited by child objects and how that inheritance is propagated.
Public classCryptoKeyAuditRule Represents an audit rule for a cryptographic key. An audit rule represents a combination of a user's identity and an access mask. An audit rule also contains information about the how the rule is inherited by child objects, how that inheritance is propagated, and for what conditions it is audited.
Public classCryptoKeySecurity Provides the ability to control access to a cryptographic key object without direct manipulation of an Access Control List (ACL).
Public classCustomAce Represents an Access Control Entry (ACE) that is not defined by one of the members of the AceType enumeration.
Public classDirectoryObjectSecurity Provides the ability to control access to directory objects without direct manipulation of Access Control Lists (ACLs).
Public classDirectorySecurity Represents the access control and audit security for a directory. This class cannot be inherited.
Public classDiscretionaryAcl Represents a Discretionary Access Control List (DACL).
Public classEventWaitHandleAccessRule Represents a set of access rights allowed or denied for a user or group. This class cannot be inherited.
Public classEventWaitHandleAuditRule Represents a set of access rights to be audited for a user or group. This class cannot be inherited.
Public classEventWaitHandleSecurity Represents the Windows access control security applied to a named system wait handle. This class cannot be inherited.
Public classFileSecurity Represents the access control and audit security for a file. This class cannot be inherited.
Public classFileSystemAccessRule Represents an abstraction of an access control entry (ACE) that defines an access rule for a file or directory. This class cannot be inherited.
Public classFileSystemAuditRule Represents an abstraction of an access control entry (ACE) that defines an audit rule for a file or directory. This class cannot be inherited.
Public classFileSystemSecurity Represents the access control and audit security for a file or directory.
Public classGenericAce Represents an Access Control Entry (ACE), and is the base class for all other ACE classes.
Public classGenericAcl Represents an access control list (ACL) and is the base class for the CommonAcl, DiscretionaryAcl, RawAcl, and SystemAcl classes.
Public classGenericSecurityDescriptor Represents a security descriptor. A security descriptor includes an owner, a primary group, a Discretionary Access Control List (DACL), and a System Access Control List (SACL).
Public classKnownAce Encapsulates all Access Control Entry (ACE) types currently defined by Microsoft Corporation. All KnownAce objects contain a 32-bit access mask and a SecurityIdentifier object.
Public classMutexAccessRule Represents a set of access rights allowed or denied for a user or group. This class cannot be inherited.
Public classMutexAuditRule Represents a set of access rights to be audited for a user or group. This class cannot be inherited.
Public classMutexSecurity Represents the Windows access control security for a named mutex. This class cannot be inherited.
Public classNativeObjectSecurity Provides the ability to control access to native objects without direct manipulation of Access Control Lists (ACLs). Native object types are defined by the ResourceType enumeration.
Public classObjectAccessRule Represents a combination of a user's identity, an access mask, and an access control type (allow or deny). An ObjectAccessRule object also contains information about the type of object to which the rule applies, the type of child object that can inherit the rule, how the rule is inherited by child objects, and how that inheritance is propagated.
Public classObjectAce Controls access to Directory Services objects. This class represents an Access Control Entry (ACE) associated with a directory object.
Public classObjectAuditRule Represents a combination of a user's identity, an access mask, and audit conditions. An ObjectAuditRule object also contains information about the type of object to which the rule applies, the type of child object that can inherit the rule, how the rule is inherited by child objects, and how that inheritance is propagated.
Public classObjectSecurity Provides the ability to control access to objects without direct manipulation of Access Control Lists (ACLs). This class is the abstract base class for the CommonObjectSecurity and DirectoryObjectSecurity classes.
Public classPrivilegeNotHeldException The exception that is thrown when a method in the System.Security.AccessControl namespace attempts to enable a privilege that it does not have.
Public classQualifiedAce Represents an Access Control Entry (ACE) that contains a qualifier. The qualifier, represented by an AceQualifier object, specifies whether the ACE allows access, denies access, causes system audits, or causes system alarms. The QualifiedAce class is the abstract base class for the CommonAce and ObjectAce classes.
Public classRawAcl Represents an Access Control List (ACL).
Public classRawSecurityDescriptor Represents a security descriptor. A security descriptor includes an owner, a primary group, a Discretionary Access Control List (DACL), and a System Access Control List (SACL).
Public classRegistryAccessRule Represents a set of access rights allowed or denied for a user or group. This class cannot be inherited.
Public classRegistryAuditRule Represents a set of access rights to be audited for a user or group. This class cannot be inherited.
Public classRegistrySecurity Represents the Windows access control security for a registry key. This class cannot be inherited.
Public classSemaphoreAccessRule Represents a set of access rights allowed or denied for a user or group. This class cannot be inherited.
Public classSemaphoreAuditRule Represents a set of access rights to be audited for a user or group. This class cannot be inherited.
Public classSemaphoreSecurity Represents the Windows access control security for a named semaphore. This class cannot be inherited.
Public classSystemAcl Represents a System Access Control List (SACL).
  DelegateDescription
Protected delegateNativeObjectSecurity..::.ExceptionFromErrorCode Provides a way for integrators to map numeric error codes to specific exceptions that they create.
  EnumerationDescription
Public enumerationAccessControlActions Specifies the actions that are permitted for securable objects.
Public enumerationAccessControlModification Specifies the type of access control modification to perform. This enumeration is used by methods of the ObjectSecurity class and its descendents.
Public enumerationAccessControlSections Specifies which sections of a security descriptor to save or load.
Public enumerationAccessControlType Specifies whether an AccessRule object is used to allow or deny access. These values are not flags, and they cannot be combined.
Public enumerationAceFlags Specifies the inheritance and auditing behavior of an access control entry (ACE).
Public enumerationAceQualifier Specifies the function of an access control entry (ACE).
Public enumerationAceType Defines the available access control entry (ACE) types.
Public enumerationAuditFlags Specifies the conditions for auditing attempts to access a securable object.
Public enumerationCompoundAceType Specifies the type of a CompoundAce object.
Public enumerationControlFlags These flags affect the security descriptor behavior.
Public enumerationCryptoKeyRights Specifies the cryptographic key operation for which an authorization rule controls access or auditing.
Public enumerationEventWaitHandleRights Specifies the access control rights that can be applied to named system event objects.
Public enumerationFileSystemRights Defines the access rights to use when creating access and audit rules.
Public enumerationInheritanceFlags Inheritance flags specify the semantics of inheritance for access control entries (ACEs).
Public enumerationMutexRights Specifies the access control rights that can be applied to named system mutex objects.
Public enumerationObjectAceFlags Specifies the presence of object types for Access Control Entries (ACEs).
Public enumerationPropagationFlags Specifies how Access Control Entries (ACEs) are propagated to child objects. These flags are significant only if inheritance flags are present.
Public enumerationRegistryRights Specifies the access control rights that can be applied to registry objects.
Public enumerationResourceType Specifies the defined native object types.
Public enumerationSecurityInfos Specifies the section of a security descriptor to be queried or set.
Public enumerationSemaphoreRights Specifies the access control rights that can be applied to named system semaphore objects.
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