RtlValidRelativeSecurityDescriptor function (wdm.h)

The RtlValidRelativeSecurityDescriptor routine checks the validity of a self-relative security descriptor.

Syntax

NTSYSAPI BOOLEAN RtlValidRelativeSecurityDescriptor(
  [in] PSECURITY_DESCRIPTOR SecurityDescriptorInput,
  [in] ULONG                SecurityDescriptorLength,
  [in] SECURITY_INFORMATION RequiredInformation
);

Parameters

[in] SecurityDescriptorInput

A pointer to the buffer that contains the security descriptor in self-relative format. The buffer must begin with a SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR structure, which is followed by the rest of the security descriptor data.

[in] SecurityDescriptorLength

The size of the SecurityDescriptorInput structure.

[in] RequiredInformation

A SECURITY_INFORMATION value that specifies the information that is required to be contained in the security descriptor.

Return value

RtlValidRelativeSecurityDescriptor returns TRUE if the security descriptor is valid and includes the information that the RequiredInformation parameter specifies. Otherwise, this routine returns FALSE.

Remarks

To check the validity of a security descriptor in absolute format, use RtlValidSecurityDescriptor instead.

Requirements

See also

RtlValidSecurityDescriptor

SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR

SECURITY_INFORMATION