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WindowsIdentity.Owner Property

.NET Framework 4.5

Gets the security identifier (SID) for the token owner.

Namespace: System.Security.Principal
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

[ComVisibleAttribute(false)]
public SecurityIdentifier Owner { get; }

Property Value

Type: System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier
An object for the token owner.

Remarks

The SID uniquely identifies a user or group on all Windows NT implementations. The returned SID identifies the default owner SID that will be applied to newly created objects.

Examples

The following code example shows the use of the Owner property to display the security identifier for the token owner. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the WindowsIdentity class

// Display the SID for the owner.
Console.Write("The SID for the owner is : ");
SecurityIdentifier si = windowsIdentity.Owner;
Console.WriteLine(si.ToString());

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

WindowsIdentity Class

System.Security.Principal Namespace

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