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NS_SERVICE_INFO structure
The
NS_SERVICE_INFO structure contains information about a network service or a network service type in the context of a specified namespace, or a set of default namespaces.
Namespace, or a set of default namespaces, to which this service information applies.
Use one of the following constant values to specify a namespace.
Value
Meaning
NS_DEFAULT
A set of default namespaces. The set of default namespaces typically includes all the namespaces installed on the system. System administrators, however, can exclude particular namespaces from the set.
NS_DNS
The Domain Name System used in the Internet to resolve the name of the host.
NS_MS
The Microsoft namespace.
NS_NDS
The NetWare 4 provider.
NS_NETBT
The NetBIOS over TCP/IP layer. The operating system registers their computer names with NetBIOS. This namespace is used to convert a computer name to an IP address that uses this registration.
NS_NIS
NS_SAP
The NetWare Service Advertising Protocol. This can access the NetWare bindery, if appropriate. NS_SAP is a dynamic namespace that enables the registration of services.
NS_STDA
NS_TCPIP_HOSTS
Lookup value in the <systemroot>\system32\drivers\etc\posts file.
NS_TCPIP_LOCAL
Local TCP/IP name resolution mechanisms, including comparisons against the local host name and lookup value in the cache of host to IP address mappings.
NS_WINS
The Windows Internet Name System (WINS) namespace.
NS_X500
The X.500 directory service namespace.
ServiceInfo
Type: SERVICE_INFO
A
SERVICE_INFO structure that contains information about a network service or network service type.
Requirements
Minimum supported client
Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server
Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]
Header
Nspapi.h
Unicode and ANSI names
NS_SERVICE_INFOW (Unicode) and NS_SERVICE_INFOA (ANSI)