GenericSecurityDescriptor Class

.NET Framework (current version)

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).

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

Inheritance Hierarchy

System::Object
System.Security.AccessControl::GenericSecurityDescriptor
System.Security.AccessControl::CommonSecurityDescriptor
System.Security.AccessControl::RawSecurityDescriptor

Syntax

C++

public ref class GenericSecurityDescriptor abstract

Constructors

	Name	Description
	GenericSecurityDescriptor()	Initializes a new instance of the GenericSecurityDescriptor class.

Properties

	Name	Description
	BinaryLength	Gets the length, in bytes, of the binary representation of the current GenericSecurityDescriptor object. This length should be used before marshaling the ACL into a binary array with the GetBinaryForm method.
	ControlFlags	Gets values that specify behavior of the GenericSecurityDescriptor object.
	Group	Gets or sets the primary group for this GenericSecurityDescriptor object.
	Owner	Gets or sets the owner of the object associated with this GenericSecurityDescriptor object.
	Revision	Gets the revision level of the GenericSecurityDescriptor object.

Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals(Object^)	Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object.(Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize()	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection.(Inherited from Object.)
	GetBinaryForm(array<Byte>^, Int32)	Returns an array of byte values that represents the information contained in this GenericSecurityDescriptor object.
	GetHashCode()	Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetSddlForm(AccessControlSections)	Returns the Security Descriptor Definition Language (SDDL) representation of the specified sections of the security descriptor that this GenericSecurityDescriptor object represents.
	GetType()	Gets the Type of the current instance.(Inherited from Object.)
	IsSddlConversionSupported()	Returns a boolean value that specifies whether the security descriptor associated with this GenericSecurityDescriptor object can be converted to the Security Descriptor Definition Language (SDDL) format.
	MemberwiseClone()	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object.(Inherited from Object.)
	ToString()	Returns a string that represents the current object.(Inherited from Object.)

Version Information

.NET Framework
Available since 2.0

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.