SecurityIdentifier Class (System.Security.Principal)

SecurityIdentifier Class

.NET Framework Class Library

SecurityIdentifier Class

Represents a security identifier (SID) and provides marshaling and comparison operations for SIDs.

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

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

<ComVisibleAttribute(False)> _
Public NotInheritable Class SecurityIdentifier _
    Inherits IdentityReference _
    Implements IComparable(Of SecurityIdentifier)

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As SecurityIdentifier

[ComVisibleAttribute(false)]
public sealed class SecurityIdentifier : IdentityReference, 
    IComparable<SecurityIdentifier>

Visual C++

[ComVisibleAttribute(false)]
public ref class SecurityIdentifier sealed : public IdentityReference, 
    IComparable<SecurityIdentifier^>

JScript

public final class SecurityIdentifier extends IdentityReference implements IComparable<SecurityIdentifier>

Inheritance Hierarchy

System..::.Object
System.Security.Principal..::.IdentityReference
System.Security.Principal..::.SecurityIdentifier

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

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

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

Reference

SecurityIdentifier Members

System.Security.Principal Namespace