SID_IDENTIFIER_AUTHORITY - NtDoc

Native API online documentation, based on the System Informer (formerly Process Hacker) phnt headers
// ntifs.h

typedef struct _SID_IDENTIFIER_AUTHORITY {
  UCHAR Value[6];
} SID_IDENTIFIER_AUTHORITY, *PSID_IDENTIFIER_AUTHORITY;

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Windows Driver Kit DDI reference (ns-ntifs-_sid_identifier_authority)

_SID_IDENTIFIER_AUTHORITY structure

Description

The SID_IDENTIFIER_AUTHORITY structure represents the top-level authority of a security identifier (SID).

Members

Value

An array of six bytes specifying a SID's top-level authority.

Remarks

The identifier authority value identifies the agency that issued the SID. The following identifier authorities are predefined.

Identifier Authority Value
SECURITY_NULL_SID_AUTHORITY 0
SECURITY_WORLD_SID_AUTHORITY 1
SECURITY_LOCAL_SID_AUTHORITY 2
SECURITY_CREATOR_SID_AUTHORITY 3
SECURITY_NON_UNIQUE_AUTHORITY 4
SECURITY_NT_AUTHORITY 5

See also

RtlInitializeSid

SID